Job prospects Assistant Manager - Wholesale Trade in Saskatchewan

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Job opportunities in Saskatchewan

The recent trends from the past 3 years were updated on July 25, 2025. The job outlooks over the next 3 years were updated on December 10, 2025.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be Moderate for retail and wholesale trade managers (NOC 60020) in Saskatchewan for the 2025-2027 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment growth will lead to a moderate number of new positions.
• Several positions will become available due to retirements.

• Ongoing trade uncertainty is weakening consumer and business confidence and slowing hiring as firms delay investment. Combined with subdued consumer sentiment, slower population growth, and weaker income gains are expected to dampen consumer spending.
• Retail sales are projected to grow at an average rate of 4.0 percent between 2025 and 2028 and should sustain job gains in retail which hires majority of the workers in this occupation.
• Wholesale trade in Saskatchewan remains relatively strong despite current challenging trade environment.
• This occupation requires specialized product knowledge at the wholesale level and hence may limit the level of competition for filling positions. 

Here are some key facts about retail and wholesale trade managers in Saskatchewan:

• Approximately 9,700 people work in this occupation.
• Retail and wholesale trade managers mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Other retail stores (NAICS 44-45, except 445): 63%
  • Wholesale trade (NAICS 41): 21%
  • Food and beverage stores (NAICS 445): 14%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 94% compared to 81% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 6% compared to 19% for all occupations
• 80% of retail and wholesale trade managers work all year, while 20% work only part of the year, compared to 65% and 35% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 47 weeks compared to 43 weeks for all occupations.
• 28% of retail and wholesale trade managers are self-employed compared to an average of 16% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 60% compared to 53% for all occupations
  • Women: 40% compared to 47% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: 8% compared to 11% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 46% compared to 33% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 13% compared to 15% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 15% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 15% compared to 18% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: less than 5% compared to 7% for all occupations

Breakdown by region

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Source Labour Market Information | Prospects Methodology