High-wage occupations list for Express Entry (186 NOCs, 2026)

2x the median wage

31occupations · +70 for a year of work · 100 for a job offer

1.5x the median wage

89occupations · +40 for a year of work · 70 for a job offer

1.3x the median wage

66occupations · +20 for a year of work · 50 for a job offer

All 186 occupations

NOC	Occupation	Level	Work	Offer
00011	Senior government managers and officials	2x	+70	100
00012	Senior managers - financial, communications and other business services	2x	+70	100
00013	Senior managers - health, education, social and community services and membership organizations	2x	+70	100
10010	Financial managers	2x	+70	100
10011	Human resources managers	2x	+70	100
10012	Purchasing managers	2x	+70	100
10020	Insurance, real estate and financial brokerage managers	2x	+70	100

NOC	Occupation	Level	Work	Offer
10021	Banking, credit and other investment managers	2x	+70	100
20010	Engineering managers RCIP: Sault Ste. Marie, Claresholm	2x	+70	100
20011	Architecture and science managers	2x	+70	100
20012	Computer and information systems managers	2x	+70	100
21330	Mining engineers RCIP: Greater Sudbury, Timmins Regional	2x	+70	100
21332	Petroleum engineers	2x	+70	100
31100	Specialists in clinical and laboratory medicine RCIP: Brandon	2x	+70	100

NOC	Occupation	Level	Work	Offer
31101	Specialists in surgery RCIP: Brandon	2x	+70	100
31102	General practitioners and family physicians RCIP: Greater Sudbury, Sault Ste. Marie, Brandon	2x	+70	100
31103	Veterinarians RCIP: Steinbach	2x	+70	100
31302	Nurse practitioners	2x	+70	100
31303	Physician assistants, midwives and allied health professionals	2x	+70	100
40010	Government managers - health and social policy development and program administration	2x	+70	100
40011	Government managers - economic analysis, policy development and program administration	2x	+70	100

NOC	Occupation	Level	Work	Offer
40012	Government managers - education policy development and program administration	2x	+70	100
40019	Other managers in public administration	2x	+70	100
40040	Commissioned police officers and related occupations in public protection services	2x	+70	100
40041	Fire chiefs and senior firefighting officers	2x	+70	100
41100	Judges	2x	+70	100
41101	Lawyers and Quebec notaries	2x	+70	100
41200	University professors and lecturers	2x	+70	100

NOC	Occupation	Level	Work	Offer
60010	Corporate sales managers	2x	+70	100
80010	Managers in natural resources production and fishing	2x	+70	100
90011	Utilities managers	2x	+70	100
00014	Senior managers - trade, broadcasting and other services	1.5x	+40	70
00015	Senior managers - construction, transportation, production and utilities	1.5x	+40	70
10019	Other administrative services managers	1.5x	+40	70
10022	Advertising, marketing and public relations managers	1.5x	+40	70

NOC	Occupation	Level	Work	Offer
10029	Other business services managers	1.5x	+40	70
10030	Telecommunication carriers managers	1.5x	+40	70
11103	Securities agents, investment dealers and brokers	1.5x	+40	70
11201	Professional occupations in business management consulting	1.5x	+40	70
21100	Physicists and astronomers	1.5x	+40	70
21102	Geoscientists and oceanographers	1.5x	+40	70
21103	Meteorologists and climatologists	1.5x	+40	70

NOC	Occupation	Level	Work	Offer
21109	Other professional occupations in physical sciences	1.5x	+40	70
21111	Forestry professionals	1.5x	+40	70
21120	Public and environmental health and safety professionals RCIP: Steinbach	1.5x	+40	70
21202	Urban and land use planners	1.5x	+40	70
21210	Mathematicians, statisticians and actuaries	1.5x	+40	70
21211	Data scientists RCIP: Pictou County	1.5x	+40	70
21220	Cybersecurity specialists RCIP: Pictou County	1.5x	+40	70

NOC	Occupation	Level	Work	Offer
21221	Business systems specialists	1.5x	+40	70
21222	Information systems specialists RCIP: Peace Liard (Northeast BC)	1.5x	+40	70
21223	Database analysts and data administrators	1.5x	+40	70
21230	Computer systems developers and programmers	1.5x	+40	70
21231	Software engineers and designers RCIP: Steinbach	1.5x	+40	70
21232	Software developers and programmers RCIP: North Bay and Area	1.5x	+40	70
21300	Civil engineers RCIP: North Bay and Area, Steinbach, Brandon	1.5x	+40	70

NOC	Occupation	Level	Work	Offer
21301	Mechanical engineers RCIP: Pictou County	1.5x	+40	70
21310	Electrical and electronics engineers RCIP: North Bay and Area, Brandon	1.5x	+40	70
21311	Computer engineers (except software engineers and designers)	1.5x	+40	70
21320	Chemical engineers	1.5x	+40	70
21321	Industrial and manufacturing engineers RCIP: Sault Ste. Marie, Brandon, North Okanagan-Shuswap	1.5x	+40	70
21322	Metallurgical and materials engineers	1.5x	+40	70
21331	Geological engineers	1.5x	+40	70

NOC	Occupation	Level	Work	Offer
21390	Aerospace engineers RCIP: Claresholm	1.5x	+40	70
21399	Other professional engineers	1.5x	+40	70
22231	Engineering inspectors and regulatory officers	1.5x	+40	70
22312	Industrial instrument technicians and mechanics	1.5x	+40	70
30010	Managers in health care	1.5x	+40	70
31110	Dentists	1.5x	+40	70
31112	Audiologists and speech-language pathologists	1.5x	+40	70

NOC	Occupation	Level	Work	Offer
31120	Pharmacists RCIP: Pictou County, Steinbach	1.5x	+40	70
31200	Psychologists	1.5x	+40	70
31202	Physiotherapists RCIP: Brandon	1.5x	+40	70
31203	Occupational therapists	1.5x	+40	70
31300	Nursing coordinators and supervisors	1.5x	+40	70
31301	Registered nurses and registered psychiatric nurses RCIP: North Bay and Area, Greater Sudbury, Timmins Regional, Sault Ste. Marie, Thunder Bay, Steinbach, Altona/Rhineland, Brandon, Claresholm, West Kootenay	1.5x	+40	70
32111	Dental hygienists and dental therapists	1.5x	+40	70

NOC	Occupation	Level	Work	Offer
40020	Administrators - post-secondary education and vocational training	1.5x	+40	70
40021	School principals and administrators of elementary and secondary education	1.5x	+40	70
40030	Managers in social, community and correctional services	1.5x	+40	70
40042	Commissioned officers of the Canadian Armed Forces	1.5x	+40	70
41210	College and other vocational instructors	1.5x	+40	70
41220	Secondary school teachers	1.5x	+40	70
41221	Elementary school and kindergarten teachers	1.5x	+40	70

NOC	Occupation	Level	Work	Offer
41310	Police investigators and other investigative occupations	1.5x	+40	70
41311	Probation and parole officers	1.5x	+40	70
41320	Educational counsellors	1.5x	+40	70
41401	Economists and economic policy researchers and analysts	1.5x	+40	70
41402	Business development officers and market researchers and analysts	1.5x	+40	70
41404	Health policy researchers, consultants and program officers	1.5x	+40	70
41407	Program officers unique to government	1.5x	+40	70

NOC	Occupation	Level	Work	Offer
42100	Police officers (except commissioned)	1.5x	+40	70
42101	Firefighters	1.5x	+40	70
50010	Library, archive, museum and art gallery managers	1.5x	+40	70
50011	Managers - publishing, motion pictures, broadcasting and performing arts	1.5x	+40	70
51100	Librarians	1.5x	+40	70
70010	Construction managers RCIP: Greater Sudbury	1.5x	+40	70
70012	Facility operation and maintenance managers	1.5x	+40	70

NOC	Occupation	Level	Work	Offer
70020	Managers in transportation	1.5x	+40	70
70021	Postal and courier services managers	1.5x	+40	70
72011	Contractors and supervisors, electrical trades and telecommunications occupations	1.5x	+40	70
72012	Contractors and supervisors, pipefitting trades	1.5x	+40	70
72023	Supervisors, railway transport operations	1.5x	+40	70
72103	Boilermakers	1.5x	+40	70
72202	Power system electricians	1.5x	+40	70

NOC	Occupation	Level	Work	Offer
72203	Electrical power line and cable workers	1.5x	+40	70
72301	Steamfitters, pipefitters and sprinkler system installers	1.5x	+40	70
72406	Elevator constructors and mechanics	1.5x	+40	70
72600	Air pilots, flight engineers and flying instructors RCIP: Claresholm, Peace Liard (Northeast BC)	1.5x	+40	70
72601	Air traffic controllers and related occupations	1.5x	+40	70
72604	Railway traffic controllers and marine traffic regulators	1.5x	+40	70
73310	Railway and yard locomotive engineers	1.5x	+40	70

NOC	Occupation	Level	Work	Offer
82020	Supervisors, mining and quarrying	1.5x	+40	70
82021	Contractors and supervisors, oil and gas drilling and services	1.5x	+40	70
83101	Oil and gas well drillers, servicers, testers and related workers	1.5x	+40	70
90010	Manufacturing managers RCIP: North Okanagan-Shuswap	1.5x	+40	70
92011	Supervisors, petroleum, gas and chemical processing and utilities	1.5x	+40	70
92100	Power engineers and power systems operators	1.5x	+40	70
93100	Central control and process operators, mineral and metal processing	1.5x	+40	70

NOC	Occupation	Level	Work	Offer
93101	Central control and process operators, petroleum, gas and chemical processing	1.5x	+40	70
00010	Legislators	1.3x	+20	50
11100	Financial auditors and accountants RCIP: North Bay and Area, Sault Ste. Marie, West Kootenay	1.3x	+20	50
11101	Financial and investment analysts	1.3x	+20	50
11102	Financial advisors RCIP: North Bay and Area, Sault Ste. Marie	1.3x	+20	50
11109	Other financial officers	1.3x	+20	50
11200	Human resources professionals	1.3x	+20	50

NOC	Occupation	Level	Work	Offer
12201	Insurance adjusters and claims examiners RCIP: Steinbach	1.3x	+20	50
12203	Assessors, business valuators and appraisers	1.3x	+20	50
21101	Chemists	1.3x	+20	50
21110	Biologists and related scientists	1.3x	+20	50
21112	Agricultural representatives, consultants and specialists	1.3x	+20	50
21200	Architects	1.3x	+20	50
21201	Landscape architects	1.3x	+20	50

NOC	Occupation	Level	Work	Offer
21203	Land surveyors	1.3x	+20	50
21234	Web developers and programmers	1.3x	+20	50
22214	Technical occupations in geomatics and meteorology	1.3x	+20	50
22232	Occupational health and safety specialists RCIP: Claresholm	1.3x	+20	50
22233	Construction inspectors	1.3x	+20	50
22310	Electrical and electronics engineering technologists and technicians RCIP: Greater Sudbury, Sault Ste. Marie	1.3x	+20	50
22313	Aircraft instrument, electrical and avionics mechanics, technicians and inspectors	1.3x	+20	50

NOC	Occupation	Level	Work	Offer
31121	Dietitians and nutritionists	1.3x	+20	50
32102	Paramedical occupations RCIP: Brandon	1.3x	+20	50
32103	Respiratory therapists, clinical perfusionists and cardiopulmonary technologists	1.3x	+20	50
32120	Medical laboratory technologists RCIP: Brandon	1.3x	+20	50
32121	Medical radiation technologists RCIP: Brandon	1.3x	+20	50
32122	Medical sonographers RCIP: Brandon	1.3x	+20	50
41300	Social workers	1.3x	+20	50

NOC	Occupation	Level	Work	Offer
41400	Natural and applied science policy researchers, consultants and program officers	1.3x	+20	50
41403	Social policy researchers, consultants and program officers	1.3x	+20	50
41405	Education policy researchers, consultants and program officers	1.3x	+20	50
41409	Other professional occupations in social science	1.3x	+20	50
43201	Correctional service officers	1.3x	+20	50
43203	Border services, customs, and immigration officers	1.3x	+20	50
50012	Recreation, sports and fitness program and service directors	1.3x	+20	50

NOC	Occupation	Level	Work	Offer
51101	Conservators and curators	1.3x	+20	50
51102	Archivists	1.3x	+20	50
51111	Authors and writers (except technical)	1.3x	+20	50
51112	Technical writers	1.3x	+20	50
51120	Producers, directors, choreographers and related occupations	1.3x	+20	50
52112	Broadcast technicians	1.3x	+20	50
60020	Retail and wholesale trade managers RCIP: Pictou County, Moose Jaw, West Kootenay, Peace Liard (Northeast BC)	1.3x	+20	50

NOC	Occupation	Level	Work	Offer
60031	Accommodation service managers RCIP: Peace Liard (Northeast BC)	1.3x	+20	50
60040	Managers in customer and personal services	1.3x	+20	50
72010	Contractors and supervisors, machining, metal forming, shaping and erecting trades and related occupations	1.3x	+20	50
72013	Contractors and supervisors, carpentry trades	1.3x	+20	50
72014	Contractors and supervisors, other construction trades, installers, repairers and servicers RCIP: Claresholm	1.3x	+20	50
72020	Contractors and supervisors, mechanic trades	1.3x	+20	50
72021	Contractors and supervisors, heavy equipment operator crews	1.3x	+20	50

NOC	Occupation	Level	Work	Offer
72102	Sheet metal workers	1.3x	+20	50
72105	Ironworkers	1.3x	+20	50
72201	Industrial electricians	1.3x	+20	50
72302	Gas fitters	1.3x	+20	50
72320	Bricklayers	1.3x	+20	50
72321	Insulators	1.3x	+20	50
72401	Heavy-duty equipment mechanics RCIP: Greater Sudbury, Timmins Regional, Steinbach, Altona/Rhineland, Brandon	1.3x	+20	50

NOC	Occupation	Level	Work	Offer
72403	Railway carmen/women	1.3x	+20	50
72404	Aircraft mechanics and aircraft inspectors RCIP: North Bay and Area, Sault Ste. Marie, Claresholm, Peace Liard (Northeast BC)	1.3x	+20	50
72500	Crane operators	1.3x	+20	50
72602	Deck officers, water transport	1.3x	+20	50
72603	Engineer officers, water transport	1.3x	+20	50
73311	Railway conductors and brakemen/women	1.3x	+20	50
82010	Supervisors, logging and forestry	1.3x	+20	50

NOC	Occupation	Level	Work	Offer
83100	Underground production and development miners	1.3x	+20	50
83120	Fishing masters and officers	1.3x	+20	50
92010	Supervisors, mineral and metal processing	1.3x	+20	50
93102	Pulping, papermaking and coating control operators	1.3x	+20	50

Work: CRS points for at least 1 year (12 months or 1,560 hours) in the last 10 years at that level or above, with at least a year of Canadian skilled work. Offer: points for a job offer in the occupation. You get one or the other, whichever is higher.

Sources

Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) criteria – Express Entry, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, Nov 3, 2026
Changes to Express Entry for high-wage occupations (backgrounder), Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, Oct 16, 2026
Changes to Express Entry, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, Oct 16, 2026
High-wage occupations, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, Oct 16, 2026