Job prospects Hotel Front Desk Clerk near Whitehorse (YT)

Limited

The employment outlook will be Limited for hotel front desk clerks (NOC 64314) in Yukon for the 2025-2027 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

Employment growth will lead to several new positions.
Not many positions will become available due to retirements.
High employee turnover in this occupation could lead to additional employment opportunities.

Trade tensions have reduced the number of overnight U.S. visitors expected to travel to the Yukon in 2025 and early 2026, reducing demand for accommodation and related occupations in the territory. Overnight U.S. visitor numbers are expected to increase in late 2026 and 2027, if trade tensions decrease.
For employees and prospective employees in this occupation in the tourism industry, The Yukon Tourism Training Fund provides grants for short term training.

Here are some key facts about hotel front desk clerks in Yukon:

Approximately 50 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
Hotel front desk clerks mainly work in the following sectors:
- Tourism & Culture (NAICS 51, 71-72): more than 95%
50% of hotel front desk clerks work all year, while 50% 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 40 weeks compared to 44 weeks for all occupations.
The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
- Men: 18% compared to 49% for all occupations
- Women: 82% compared to 51% for all occupations
The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
- no high school diploma: 18% compared to 11% for all occupations
- high school diploma or equivalent: 27% compared to 25% for all occupations
- apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: n/a
- college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 45% compared to 20% for all occupations
- bachelor's degree: n/a
- university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: n/a