Job prospects Administrative Assistant - Medical in Alberta

Explore current and future job prospects for people working as an "administrative assistant - medical" in Alberta or across Canada.

Job opportunities in Alberta

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 Good for medical administrative assistants (NOC 13112) in Alberta for the 2025-2027 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment growth will lead to a moderate number of new positions.
• A moderate number of positions will become available due to retirements.
• There are a small number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

• Alberta's population and its proportion of residents aged 65+ are predicted to increase over the next decade, contributing to demand for this occupation. 
• Alberta's Budget 2025 allocates $28 billion for health services, an increase of 5.4% from the previous year. 
• Key trends for this occupation include the use of advanced software and automation which may result in more complex tasks and fewer positions in the future.

Here are some key facts about medical administrative assistants in Alberta:

• Approximately 9,150 people work in this occupation.
• Medical administrative assistants mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Ambulatory health care services (NAICS 621): 61%
  • Hospitals (NAICS 622): 28%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 78% compared to 80% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 22% compared to 20% for all occupations
• 56% of medical administrative assistants work all year, while 43% work only part of the year, compared to 61% and 39% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 42 weeks compared to 42 weeks for all occupations.
• Less than 5% of medical administrative assistants are self-employed compared to an average of 15% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: less than 5% compared to 53% for all occupations
  • Women: more than 95% compared to 47% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: less than 5% compared to 10% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 17% compared to 28% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 28% compared to 13% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 38% compared to 19% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 10% compared to 21% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: less than 5% compared to 9% for all occupations

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