Job prospects Foreman/woman, Painters - Metal Products in New Brunswick

Explore current and future job prospects for people working as a "foreman/woman, painters - metal products" in New Brunswick or across Canada.

Job opportunities in New Brunswick

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 supervisors, other mechanical and metal products manufacturing (NOC 92023) in New Brunswick for the 2025-2027 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment decline will lead to the loss of some positions.
• Several positions will become available due to retirements.
• There are a small number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

Here are some key facts about supervisors, other mechanical and metal products manufacturing in New Brunswick:

• Approximately 50 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
• Supervisors, other mechanical and metal products manufacturing mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Transportation equipment manufacturing (NAICS 336): 67%
  • Fabricated metal product manufacturing (NAICS 332): 27%
  • Miscellaneous manufacturing (NAICS 339): 6%
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 80% compared to 52% for all occupations
  • Women: 20% compared to 48% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: n/a
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 20% compared to 30% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: n/a
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: n/a
  • bachelor's degree: 30% compared to 16% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: n/a

Breakdown by region

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Source Labour Market Information | Prospects Methodology

Labour market conditions over the next 10 years

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