Job prospects Ramp Attendant - Air Transport in Manitoba

Explore current and future job prospects for people working as a "ramp attendant - air transport" in Manitoba or across Canada.

Job opportunities in Manitoba

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 Limited for air transport ramp attendants (NOC 74202) in Manitoba for the 2025-2027 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment is expected to remain relatively stable.
• Not many positions will become available due to retirements.
• There are a moderate number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

• Demand for this occupation is driven by passenger and cargo volume in air travel.
• Winnipeg Airport passenger traffic has trending up since 2022. Global trade and e-commerce growth has led to an increase demand for air cargo services.
• Key trends in this occupation include automated ground support equipment (GSE) to automatically and remotely control baggage tugs, cargo loaders, and pushback tractors with workers transitioning to supervise and manage the GSE systems. Wearable scanners allow workers to scan items hands-free.
• Jobs are concentrated in the Parklands, North and Winnipeg regions.

Here are some key facts about air transport ramp attendants in Manitoba:

• Approximately 650 people work in this occupation.
• Air transport ramp attendants mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Air transportation (NAICS 481): 46%
  • Other transportation and warehousing (NAICS 482-483, 486, 487, 493): 34%
  • Postal service, couriers and messengers (NAICS 491, 492): 9%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 85% compared to 81% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 15% compared to 19% for all occupations
• 57% of air transport ramp attendants work all year, while 42% 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 43 weeks for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 92% compared to 53% for all occupations
  • Women: 8% compared to 47% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: 11% compared to 12% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 54% compared to 31% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 13% compared to 12% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 13% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 10% compared to 20% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: less than 5% compared to 8% for all occupations

Breakdown by region

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