Job prospects Forest Products Processing Supervisor in New Brunswick

Explore current and future job prospects for people working as a "forest products processing supervisor" 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, forest products processing (NOC 92014) 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, forest products processing in New Brunswick:

• Approximately 500 people work in this occupation.
• Supervisors, forest products processing mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Wood product manufacturing (NAICS 321): 47%
  • Paper manufacturing (NAICS 322): 46%
• 85% of supervisors, forest products processing work all year, while 15% work only part of the year, compared to 62% and 38% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 47 weeks compared to 42 weeks for all occupations.
• Less than 5% of supervisors, forest products processing are self-employed compared to an average of 10% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: more than 95% compared to 52% for all occupations
  • Women: less than 5% compared to 48% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: 6% compared to 11% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 40% compared to 30% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 15% compared to 12% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 27% compared to 23% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 8% compared to 16% 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

Labour market conditions over the next 10 years

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