High wage Occupation list

Did you know that under IRCC’s new Labour Market Integration Factor (LMIF), earning a high salary does NOT automatically make your job “high-wage”? 🇨🇦 Starting November 3, 2026, Express Entry CRS points for high-wage occupations are based strictly on the Canada-wide median wage of your 5-digit NOC code—not what’s written on your pay stub or offer letter.

Below is the list:

NOCs with a median wage at least twice the average median wage

	NOC code	NOC description
1	OOO11	Senior government managers and officials
2	OOO12	Senior managers - financial, communications and other business services
3	OOO13	Senior managers - health, education, social and community services and membership organizations
4	10010	Financial managers
5	10011	Human resources managers
6	10012	Purchasing managers
7	10020	Insurance, real estate and financial brokerage managers
8	10021	Banking, credit and other investment managers
9	20010	Engineering managers
10	20011	Architecture and science managers
11	20012	Computer and information systems managers
12	21330	Mining engineers
13	21332	Petroleum engineers
14	31100	Specialists in clinical and laboratory medicine
15	31101	Specialists in surgery
16	31102	General practitioners and family physicians
17	31103	Veterinarians
18	31302	Nurse practitioners
19	31303	Physician assistants, midwives and allied health professionals
20	40010	Government managers - health and social policy development and program administration
21	40011	Government managers - economic analysis, policy development and program administration
22	40012	Government managers - education policy development and program administration
23	40019	Other managers in public administration
24	40040	Commissioned police officers and related occupations in public protection services
25	40041	Fire chiefs and senior firefighting officers
26	41100	Judges
27	41101	Lawyers and Quebec notaries
28	41200	University professors and lecturers
29	60010	Corporate sales managers
30	80010	Managers in natural resources production and fishing
31	90011	Utilities managers

NOCs with a median wage at least 1.5 times, but less than twice, the average median wage

	NOC code	NOC description
1	OOO14	Senior managers - trade, broadcasting and other services
2	OOO15	Senior managers - construction, transportation, production and utilities
3	10019	Other administrative services managers
4	10022	Advertising, marketing and public relations managers
5	10029	Other business services managers
6	10030	Telecommunication carriers managers
7	11103	Securities agents, investment dealers and brokers
8	11201	Professional occupations in business management consulting
9	21100	Physicists and astronomers
10	21102	Geoscientists and oceanographers
11	21103	Meteorologists and climatologists
12	21109	Other professional occupations in physical sciences
13	21111	Forestry professionals
14	21120	Public and environmental health and safety professionals
15	21202	Urban and land use planners
16	21210	Mathematicians, statisticians and actuaries
17	21211	Data scientists
18	21220	Cybersecurity specialists
19	21221	Business systems specialists
20	21222	Information systems specialists
21	21223	Database analysts and data administrators
22	21230	Computer systems developers and programmers
23	21231	Software engineers and designers
24	21232	Software developers and programmers
25	21300	Civil engineers
26	21301	Mechanical engineers
27	21310	Electrical and electronics engineers
28	21311	Computer engineers (except software engineers and designers)
29	21320	Chemical engineers
30	21321	Industrial and manufacturing engineers
31	21322	Metallurgical and materials engineers
32	21331	Geological engineers
33	21390	Aerospace engineers
34	21399	Other professional engineers
35	22231	Engineering inspectors and regulatory officers
36	22312	Industrial instrument technicians and mechanics
37	30010	Managers in health care
38	31110	Dentists
39	31112	Audiologists and speech-language pathologists
40	31120	Pharmacists
41	31200	Psychologists
42	31202	Physiotherapists
43	31203	Occupational therapists
44	31300	Nursing coordinators and supervisors
45	31301	Registered nurses and registered psychiatric nurses
46	32111	Dental hygienists and dental therapists
47	40020	Administrators - post-secondary education and vocational training
48	40021	School principals and administrators of elementary and secondary education
49	40030	Managers in social, community and correctional services
50	40042	Commissioned officers of the Canadian Armed Forces
51	41210	College and other vocational instructors
52	41220	Secondary school teachers
53	41221	Elementary school and kindergarten teachers
54	41310	Police investigators and other investigative occupations
55	41311	Probation and parole officers
56	41320	Educational counsellors
57	41401	Economists and economic policy researchers and analysts
58	41402	Business development officers and market researchers and analysts
59	41404	Health policy researchers, consultants and program officers
60	41407	Program officers unique to government
61	42100	Police officers (except commissioned)
62	42101	Firefighters
63	50010	Library, archive, museum and art gallery managers
64	50011	Managers - publishing, motion pictures, broadcasting and performing arts
65	51100	Librarians
66	70010	Construction managers
67	70012	Facility operation and maintenance managers
68	70020	Managers in transportation
69	70021	Postal and courier services managers
70	72011	Contractors and supervisors, electrical trades and telecommunications occupations
71	72012	Contractors and supervisors, pipefitting trades
72	72023	Supervisors, railway transport operations
73	72103	Boilermakers
74	72202	Power system electricians
75	72203	Electrical power line and cable workers
76	72301	Steamfitters, pipefitters and sprinkler system installers
77	72406	Elevator constructors and mechanics
78	72600	Air pilots, flight engineers and flying instructors
79	72601	Air traffic controllers and related occupations
80	72604	Railway traffic controllers and marine traffic regulators
81	73310	Railway and yard locomotive engineers
82	82020	Supervisors, mining and quarrying
83	82021	Contractors and supervisors, oil and gas drilling and services
84	83101	Oil and gas well drillers, servicers, testers and related workers
85	90010	Manufacturing managers
86	92011	Supervisors, petroleum, gas and chemical processing and utilities
87	92100	Power engineers and power systems operators
88	93100	Central control and process operators, mineral and metal processing
89	93101	Central control and process operators, petroleum, gas and chemical processing

NOCs with a median wage at least 1.3 times, but less than 1.5 times, the average median wage

	NOC code	NOC description
1	OOO10	Legislators
2	11100	Financial auditors and accountants
3	11101	Financial and investment analysts
4	11102	Financial advisors
5	11109	Other financial officers
6	11200	Human resources professionals
7	12201	Insurance adjusters and claims examiners
8	12203	Assessors, business valuators and appraisers
9	21101	Chemists
10	21110	Biologists and related scientists
11	21112	Agricultural representatives, consultants and specialists
12	21200	Architects
13	21201	Landscape architects
14	21203	Land surveyors
15	21234	Web developers and programmers
16	22214	Technical occupations in geomatics and meteorology
17	22232	Occupational health and safety specialists
18	22233	Construction inspectors
19	22310	Electrical and electronics engineering technologists and technicians
20	22313	Aircraft instrument, electrical and avionics mechanics, technicians and inspectors
21	31121	Dietitians and nutritionists
22	32102	Paramedical occupations
23	32103	Respiratory therapists, clinical perfusionists and cardiopulmonary technologists
24	32120	Medical laboratory technologists
25	32121	Medical radiation technologists
26	32122	Medical sonographers
27	41300	Social workers
28	41400	Natural and applied science policy researchers, consultants and program officers
29	41403	Social policy researchers, consultants and program officers
30	41405	Education policy researchers, consultants and program officers
31	41409	Other professional occupations in social science
32	43201	Correctional service officers
33	43203	Border services, customs, and immigration officers
34	50012	Recreation, sports and fitness program and service directors
35	51101	Conservators and curators
36	51102	Archivists
37	51111	Authors and writers (except technical)
38	51112	Technical writers
39	51120	Producers, directors, choreographers and related occupations
40	52112	Broadcast technicians
41	60020	Retail and wholesale trade managers
42	60031	Accommodation service managers
43	60040	Managers in customer and personal services
44	72010	Contractors and supervisors, machining, metal forming, shaping and erecting trades and related occupations
45	72013	Contractors and supervisors, carpentry trades
46	72014	Contractors and supervisors, other construction trades, installers, repairers and servicers
47	72020	Contractors and supervisors, mechanic trades
48	72021	Contractors and supervisors, heavy equipment operator crews
49	72102	Sheet metal workers
50	72105	Ironworkers
51	72201	Industrial electricians
52	72302	Gas fitters
53	72320	Bricklayers
54	72321	Insulators
55	72401	Heavy-duty equipment mechanics
56	72403	Railway carmen/women
57	72404	Aircraft mechanics and aircraft inspectors
58	72500	Crane operators
59	72602	Deck officers, water transport
60	72603	Engineer officers, water transport
61	73311	Railway conductors and brakemen/women
62	82010	Supervisors, logging and forestry
63	83100	Underground production and development miners
64	83120	Fishing masters and officers
65	92010	Supervisors, mineral and metal processing
66	93102	Pulping, papermaking and coating control operators