Express Entry high-wage occupations list

From November 3, 2026, extra CRS points for Canadian work experience — and all job offer points — only apply to occupations on IRCC's high-wage list. Search all 186 NOC codes below.

Last reviewed 2026-11-02 · Sources: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)

Level	Median wage vs. national average	NOCs	12+ months Canadian work	Job offer
Level 1	At least 2×	31	+70	100
Level 2	1.5× to under 2×	89	+40	70
Level 3	1.3× to under 1.5×	66	+20	50

High-wage work points are added on top of your Canadian work-length points. Job offer points are an alternative: IRCC gives you whichever option scores higher, not both. The list is based on 2023–2025 data from Job Bank, the Labour Force Survey and the Census. The level is set by the NOC's national median wage — not your personal salary.

NOC	Occupation	Level	Work pts	Offer pts
00011	Senior government managers and officials	Level 1	+70	100
00012	Senior managers - financial, communications and other business services	Level 1	+70	100
00013	Senior managers - health, education, social and community services and membership organizations	Level 1	+70	100
10010	Financial managers	Level 1	+70	100
10011	Human resources managers	Level 1	+70	100
10012	Purchasing managers	Level 1	+70	100
10020	Insurance, real estate and financial brokerage managers	Level 1	+70	100
10021	Banking, credit and other investment managers	Level 1	+70	100
20010	Engineering managers	Level 1	+70	100
20011	Architecture and science managers	Level 1	+70	100
20012	Computer and information systems managers	Level 1	+70	100
21330	Mining engineers	Level 1	+70	100
21332	Petroleum engineers	Level 1	+70	100
31100	Specialists in clinical and laboratory medicine	Level 1	+70	100
31101	Specialists in surgery	Level 1	+70	100
31102	General practitioners and family physicians	Level 1	+70	100
31103	Veterinarians	Level 1	+70	100
31302	Nurse practitioners	Level 1	+70	100
31303	Physician assistants, midwives and allied health professionals	Level 1	+70	100
40010	Government managers - health and social policy development and program administration	Level 1	+70	100
40011	Government managers - economic analysis, policy development and program administration	Level 1	+70	100
40012	Government managers - education policy development and program administration	Level 1	+70	100
40019	Other managers in public administration	Level 1	+70	100
40040	Commissioned police officers and related occupations in public protection services	Level 1	+70	100
40041	Fire chiefs and senior firefighting officers	Level 1	+70	100
41100	Judges	Level 1	+70	100
41101	Lawyers and Quebec notaries	Level 1	+70	100
41200	University professors and lecturers	Level 1	+70	100
60010	Corporate sales managers	Level 1	+70	100
80010	Managers in natural resources production and fishing	Level 1	+70	100
90011	Utilities managers	Level 1	+70	100
00014	Senior managers - trade, broadcasting and other services	Level 2	+40	70
00015	Senior managers - construction, transportation, production and utilities	Level 2	+40	70
10019	Other administrative services managers	Level 2	+40	70
10022	Advertising, marketing and public relations managers	Level 2	+40	70
10029	Other business services managers	Level 2	+40	70
10030	Telecommunication carriers managers	Level 2	+40	70
11103	Securities agents, investment dealers and brokers	Level 2	+40	70
11201	Professional occupations in business management consulting	Level 2	+40	70
21100	Physicists and astronomers	Level 2	+40	70
21102	Geoscientists and oceanographers	Level 2	+40	70
21103	Meteorologists and climatologists	Level 2	+40	70
21109	Other professional occupations in physical sciences	Level 2	+40	70
21111	Forestry professionals	Level 2	+40	70
21120	Public and environmental health and safety professionals	Level 2	+40	70
21202	Urban and land use planners	Level 2	+40	70
21210	Mathematicians, statisticians and actuaries	Level 2	+40	70
21211	Data scientists	Level 2	+40	70
21220	Cybersecurity specialists	Level 2	+40	70
21221	Business systems specialists	Level 2	+40	70
21222	Information systems specialists	Level 2	+40	70
21223	Database analysts and data administrators	Level 2	+40	70
21230	Computer systems developers and programmers	Level 2	+40	70
21231	Software engineers and designers	Level 2	+40	70
21232	Software developers and programmers	Level 2	+40	70
21300	Civil engineers	Level 2	+40	70
21301	Mechanical engineers	Level 2	+40	70
21310	Electrical and electronics engineers	Level 2	+40	70
21311	Computer engineers (except software engineers and designers)	Level 2	+40	70
21320	Chemical engineers	Level 2	+40	70
21321	Industrial and manufacturing engineers	Level 2	+40	70
21322	Metallurgical and materials engineers	Level 2	+40	70
21331	Geological engineers	Level 2	+40	70
21390	Aerospace engineers	Level 2	+40	70
21399	Other professional engineers	Level 2	+40	70
22231	Engineering inspectors and regulatory officers	Level 2	+40	70
22312	Industrial instrument technicians and mechanics	Level 2	+40	70
30010	Managers in health care	Level 2	+40	70
31110	Dentists	Level 2	+40	70
31112	Audiologists and speech-language pathologists	Level 2	+40	70
31120	Pharmacists	Level 2	+40	70
31200	Psychologists	Level 2	+40	70
31202	Physiotherapists	Level 2	+40	70
31203	Occupational therapists	Level 2	+40	70
31300	Nursing coordinators and supervisors	Level 2	+40	70
31301	Registered nurses and registered psychiatric nurses	Level 2	+40	70
32111	Dental hygienists and dental therapists	Level 2	+40	70
40020	Administrators - post-secondary education and vocational training	Level 2	+40	70
40021	School principals and administrators of elementary and secondary education	Level 2	+40	70
40030	Managers in social, community and correctional services	Level 2	+40	70
40042	Commissioned officers of the Canadian Armed Forces	Level 2	+40	70
41210	College and other vocational instructors	Level 2	+40	70
41220	Secondary school teachers	Level 2	+40	70
41221	Elementary school and kindergarten teachers	Level 2	+40	70
41310	Police investigators and other investigative occupations	Level 2	+40	70
41311	Probation and parole officers	Level 2	+40	70
41320	Educational counsellors	Level 2	+40	70
41401	Economists and economic policy researchers and analysts	Level 2	+40	70
41402	Business development officers and market researchers and analysts	Level 2	+40	70
41404	Health policy researchers, consultants and program officers	Level 2	+40	70
41407	Program officers unique to government	Level 2	+40	70
42100	Police officers (except commissioned)	Level 2	+40	70
42101	Firefighters	Level 2	+40	70
50010	Library, archive, museum and art gallery managers	Level 2	+40	70
50011	Managers - publishing, motion pictures, broadcasting and performing arts	Level 2	+40	70
51100	Librarians	Level 2	+40	70
70010	Construction managers	Level 2	+40	70
70012	Facility operation and maintenance managers	Level 2	+40	70
70020	Managers in transportation	Level 2	+40	70
70021	Postal and courier services managers	Level 2	+40	70
72011	Contractors and supervisors, electrical trades and telecommunications occupations	Level 2	+40	70
72012	Contractors and supervisors, pipefitting trades	Level 2	+40	70
72023	Supervisors, railway transport operations	Level 2	+40	70
72103	Boilermakers	Level 2	+40	70
72202	Power system electricians	Level 2	+40	70
72203	Electrical power line and cable workers	Level 2	+40	70
72301	Steamfitters, pipefitters and sprinkler system installers	Level 2	+40	70
72406	Elevator constructors and mechanics	Level 2	+40	70
72600	Air pilots, flight engineers and flying instructors	Level 2	+40	70
72601	Air traffic controllers and related occupations	Level 2	+40	70
72604	Railway traffic controllers and marine traffic regulators	Level 2	+40	70
73310	Railway and yard locomotive engineers	Level 2	+40	70
82020	Supervisors, mining and quarrying	Level 2	+40	70
82021	Contractors and supervisors, oil and gas drilling and services	Level 2	+40	70
83101	Oil and gas well drillers, servicers, testers and related workers	Level 2	+40	70
90010	Manufacturing managers	Level 2	+40	70
92011	Supervisors, petroleum, gas and chemical processing and utilities	Level 2	+40	70
92100	Power engineers and power systems operators	Level 2	+40	70
93100	Central control and process operators, mineral and metal processing	Level 2	+40	70
93101	Central control and process operators, petroleum, gas and chemical processing	Level 2	+40	70
00010	Legislators	Level 3	+20	50
11100	Financial auditors and accountants	Level 3	+20	50
11101	Financial and investment analysts	Level 3	+20	50
11102	Financial advisors	Level 3	+20	50
11109	Other financial officers	Level 3	+20	50
11200	Human resources professionals	Level 3	+20	50
12201	Insurance adjusters and claims examiners	Level 3	+20	50
12203	Assessors, business valuators and appraisers	Level 3	+20	50
21101	Chemists	Level 3	+20	50
21110	Biologists and related scientists	Level 3	+20	50
21112	Agricultural representatives, consultants and specialists	Level 3	+20	50
21200	Architects	Level 3	+20	50
21201	Landscape architects	Level 3	+20	50
21203	Land surveyors	Level 3	+20	50
21234	Web developers and programmers	Level 3	+20	50
22214	Technical occupations in geomatics and meteorology	Level 3	+20	50
22232	Occupational health and safety specialists	Level 3	+20	50
22233	Construction inspectors	Level 3	+20	50
22310	Electrical and electronics engineering technologists and technicians	Level 3	+20	50
22313	Aircraft instrument, electrical and avionics mechanics, technicians and inspectors	Level 3	+20	50
31121	Dietitians and nutritionists	Level 3	+20	50
32102	Paramedical occupations	Level 3	+20	50
32103	Respiratory therapists, clinical perfusionists and cardiopulmonary technologists	Level 3	+20	50
32120	Medical laboratory technologists	Level 3	+20	50
32121	Medical radiation technologists	Level 3	+20	50
32122	Medical sonographers	Level 3	+20	50
41300	Social workers	Level 3	+20	50
41400	Natural and applied science policy researchers, consultants and program officers	Level 3	+20	50
41403	Social policy researchers, consultants and program officers	Level 3	+20	50
41405	Education policy researchers, consultants and program officers	Level 3	+20	50
41409	Other professional occupations in social science	Level 3	+20	50
43201	Correctional service officers	Level 3	+20	50
43203	Border services, customs, and immigration officers	Level 3	+20	50
50012	Recreation, sports and fitness program and service directors	Level 3	+20	50
51101	Conservators and curators	Level 3	+20	50
51102	Archivists	Level 3	+20	50
51111	Authors and writers (except technical)	Level 3	+20	50
51112	Technical writers	Level 3	+20	50
51120	Producers, directors, choreographers and related occupations	Level 3	+20	50
52112	Broadcast technicians	Level 3	+20	50
60020	Retail and wholesale trade managers	Level 3	+20	50
60031	Accommodation service managers	Level 3	+20	50
60040	Managers in customer and personal services	Level 3	+20	50
72010	Contractors and supervisors, machining, metal forming, shaping and erecting trades and related occupations	Level 3	+20	50
72013	Contractors and supervisors, carpentry trades	Level 3	+20	50
72014	Contractors and supervisors, other construction trades, installers, repairers and servicers	Level 3	+20	50
72020	Contractors and supervisors, mechanic trades	Level 3	+20	50
72021	Contractors and supervisors, heavy equipment operator crews	Level 3	+20	50
72102	Sheet metal workers	Level 3	+20	50
72105	Ironworkers	Level 3	+20	50
72201	Industrial electricians	Level 3	+20	50
72302	Gas fitters	Level 3	+20	50
72320	Bricklayers	Level 3	+20	50
72321	Insulators	Level 3	+20	50
72401	Heavy-duty equipment mechanics	Level 3	+20	50
72403	Railway carmen/women	Level 3	+20	50
72404	Aircraft mechanics and aircraft inspectors	Level 3	+20	50
72500	Crane operators	Level 3	+20	50
72602	Deck officers, water transport	Level 3	+20	50
72603	Engineer officers, water transport	Level 3	+20	50
73311	Railway conductors and brakemen/women	Level 3	+20	50
82010	Supervisors, logging and forestry	Level 3	+20	50
83100	Underground production and development miners	Level 3	+20	50
83120	Fishing masters and officers	Level 3	+20	50
92010	Supervisors, mineral and metal processing	Level 3	+20	50
93102	Pulping, papermaking and coating control operators	Level 3	+20	50

Source: IRCC — High-wage occupations and how we assess them.

Frequently asked questions

Does my salary decide whether I'm in a high-wage occupation?+

No. IRCC sets the level using the median wage of everyone in Canada working in that NOC, not your individual pay.

What if the list changes after I get an ITA?+

IRCC says it keeps using the level that applied on the date you were invited, even if your NOC later moves levels or is removed.

My job isn't on the list. Do I lose my Canadian work points?+

No. Work-length points (up to 80) still apply for qualifying TEER 0–3 Canadian experience. You just don't get the extra high-wage points, and a job offer in that NOC earns no CRS points (though it may still count for FSW or FST eligibility).

Can I combine experience from several high-wage jobs?+

Yes. IRCC says the 12 months can be continuous or not, full-time or an equal amount of part-time, and combined across more than one eligible high-wage job — with hours capped at 30 per week if jobs overlap.

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