Express Entry High-Wage Occupations List: All 186 NOCs by Tier

IRCC has published the official list of 186 high-wage occupations for Express Entry. From November 3, 2026, these occupations earn extra Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) points under the new Labour Market Integration factor. The list has three tiers, set by each occupation’s median wage across Canada. A job offer in a listed occupation pays 50, 70 or 100 points. Twelve months of Canadian work experience in listed jobs pays a 20, 40 or 70 point bonus, and you can add up time across more than one listed job.

This page is the full list, in tier order, with the points for each level. For the rules behind the points, including who qualifies and what to do before November 3, read our guide to the Express Entry high-wage points.

Key Takeaways

• 186 occupations: 31 at the 2x level, 89 at the 1.5x level and 66 at the 1.3x level.
• Your salary does not matter: the tier follows the occupation’s median wage across Canada, not your pay.
• Start date: the list takes effect on November 3, 2026 and uses 2023 to 2025 wage data.
• Not listed, no bonus: if your NOC is not on the list, these points do not apply to you.

Found your occupation below? Book a Strategy Consultation and we will map what your tier does to your score before the November 3 recalculation.

How does IRCC decide which occupations are high-wage?

An occupation counts as high-wage if the median wage of everyone in Canada working in that National Occupational Classification (NOC) code is at least 1.3 times the average median wage of the whole Canadian work force. IRCC builds the list from Job Bank, Labour Force Survey and Census data. Each occupation takes the highest level its median wage reached in the last three years. The first list uses 2023 to 2025 data (IRCC, Oct 2026).

Your own pay does not set your tier. Two people with the same salary in different occupations can sit in different tiers, and a high salary in an occupation below the 1.3x level earns no new points.

The full list of 186 high-wage occupations

Find your five-digit NOC code in the tables below. Match your real duties to the code, not just your job title. If you are not sure of your code, use our NOC code finder first.

2x level: 31 occupations

A job offer in one of these occupations pays 100 points. Twelve or more months of Canadian work experience in one pays the 70 point bonus.

NOC	Occupation	Job offer points	Experience bonus (12+ months)
00011	Senior government managers and officials	100	70
00012	Senior managers – financial, communications and other business services	100	70
00013	Senior managers – health, education, social and community services and membership organizations	100	70
10010	Financial managers	100	70
10011	Human resources managers	100	70
10012	Purchasing managers	100	70
10020	Insurance, real estate and financial brokerage managers	100	70
10021	Banking, credit and other investment managers	100	70
20010	Engineering managers	100	70
20011	Architecture and science managers	100	70
20012	Computer and information systems managers	100	70
21330	Mining engineers	100	70
21332	Petroleum engineers	100	70
31100	Specialists in clinical and laboratory medicine	100	70
31101	Specialists in surgery	100	70
31102	General practitioners and family physicians	100	70
31103	Veterinarians	100	70
31302	Nurse practitioners	100	70
31303	Physician assistants, midwives and allied health professionals	100	70
40010	Government managers – health and social policy development and program administration	100	70
40011	Government managers – economic analysis, policy development and program administration	100	70
40012	Government managers – education policy development and program administration	100	70
40019	Other managers in public administration	100	70
40040	Commissioned police officers and related occupations in public protection services	100	70
40041	Fire chiefs and senior firefighting officers	100	70
41100	Judges	100	70
41101	Lawyers and Quebec notaries	100	70
41200	University professors and lecturers	100	70
60010	Corporate sales managers	100	70
80010	Managers in natural resources production and fishing	100	70
90011	Utilities managers	100	70

1.5x level: 89 occupations

A job offer in one of these occupations pays 70 points. Twelve or more months of Canadian work experience in one pays the 40 point bonus.

NOC	Occupation	Job offer points	Experience bonus (12+ months)
00014	Senior managers – trade, broadcasting and other services	70	40
00015	Senior managers – construction, transportation, production and utilities	70	40
10019	Other administrative services managers	70	40
10022	Advertising, marketing and public relations managers	70	40
10029	Other business services managers	70	40
10030	Telecommunication carriers managers	70	40
11103	Securities agents, investment dealers and brokers	70	40
11201	Professional occupations in business management consulting	70	40
21100	Physicists and astronomers	70	40
21102	Geoscientists and oceanographers	70	40
21103	Meteorologists and climatologists	70	40
21109	Other professional occupations in physical sciences	70	40
21111	Forestry professionals	70	40
21120	Public and environmental health and safety professionals	70	40
21202	Urban and land use planners	70	40
21210	Mathematicians, statisticians and actuaries	70	40
21211	Data scientists	70	40
21220	Cybersecurity specialists	70	40
21221	Business systems specialists	70	40
21222	Information systems specialists	70	40
21223	Database analysts and data administrators	70	40
21230	Computer systems developers and programmers	70	40
21231	Software engineers and designers	70	40
21232	Software developers and programmers	70	40
21300	Civil engineers	70	40
21301	Mechanical engineers	70	40
21310	Electrical and electronics engineers	70	40
21311	Computer engineers (except software engineers and designers)	70	40
21320	Chemical engineers	70	40
21321	Industrial and manufacturing engineers	70	40
21322	Metallurgical and materials engineers	70	40
21331	Geological engineers	70	40
21390	Aerospace engineers	70	40
21399	Other professional engineers	70	40
22231	Engineering inspectors and regulatory officers	70	40
22312	Industrial instrument technicians and mechanics	70	40
30010	Managers in health care	70	40
31110	Dentists	70	40
31112	Audiologists and speech-language pathologists	70	40
31120	Pharmacists	70	40
31200	Psychologists	70	40
31202	Physiotherapists	70	40
31203	Occupational therapists	70	40
31300	Nursing coordinators and supervisors	70	40
31301	Registered nurses and registered psychiatric nurses	70	40
32111	Dental hygienists and dental therapists	70	40
40020	Administrators – post-secondary education and vocational training	70	40
40021	School principals and administrators of elementary and secondary education	70	40
40030	Managers in social, community and correctional services	70	40
40042	Commissioned officers of the Canadian Armed Forces	70	40
41210	College and other vocational instructors	70	40
41220	Secondary school teachers	70	40
41221	Elementary school and kindergarten teachers	70	40
41310	Police investigators and other investigative occupations	70	40
41311	Probation and parole officers	70	40
41320	Educational counsellors	70	40
41401	Economists and economic policy researchers and analysts	70	40
41402	Business development officers and market researchers and analysts	70	40
41404	Health policy researchers, consultants and program officers	70	40
41407	Program officers unique to government	70	40
42100	Police officers (except commissioned)	70	40
42101	Firefighters	70	40
50010	Library, archive, museum and art gallery managers	70	40
50011	Managers – publishing, motion pictures, broadcasting and performing arts	70	40
51100	Librarians	70	40
70010	Construction managers	70	40
70012	Facility operation and maintenance managers	70	40
70020	Managers in transportation	70	40
70021	Postal and courier services managers	70	40
72011	Contractors and supervisors, electrical trades and telecommunications occupations	70	40
72012	Contractors and supervisors, pipefitting trades	70	40
72023	Supervisors, railway transport operations	70	40
72103	Boilermakers	70	40
72202	Power system electricians	70	40
72203	Electrical power line and cable workers	70	40
72301	Steamfitters, pipefitters and sprinkler system installers	70	40
72406	Elevator constructors and mechanics	70	40
72600	Air pilots, flight engineers and flying instructors	70	40
72601	Air traffic controllers and related occupations	70	40
72604	Railway traffic controllers and marine traffic regulators	70	40
73310	Railway and yard locomotive engineers	70	40
82020	Supervisors, mining and quarrying	70	40
82021	Contractors and supervisors, oil and gas drilling and services	70	40
83101	Oil and gas well drillers, servicers, testers and related workers	70	40
90010	Manufacturing managers	70	40
92011	Supervisors, petroleum, gas and chemical processing and utilities	70	40
92100	Power engineers and power systems operators	70	40
93100	Central control and process operators, mineral and metal processing	70	40
93101	Central control and process operators, petroleum, gas and chemical processing	70	40

1.3x level: 66 occupations

A job offer in one of these occupations pays 50 points. Twelve or more months of Canadian work experience in one pays the 20 point bonus.

NOC	Occupation	Job offer points	Experience bonus (12+ months)
00010	Legislators	50	20
11100	Financial auditors and accountants	50	20
11101	Financial and investment analysts	50	20
11102	Financial advisors	50	20
11109	Other financial officers	50	20
11200	Human resources professionals	50	20
12201	Insurance adjusters and claims examiners	50	20
12203	Assessors, business valuators and appraisers	50	20
21101	Chemists	50	20
21110	Biologists and related scientists	50	20
21112	Agricultural representatives, consultants and specialists	50	20
21200	Architects	50	20
21201	Landscape architects	50	20
21203	Land surveyors	50	20
21234	Web developers and programmers	50	20
22214	Technical occupations in geomatics and meteorology	50	20
22232	Occupational health and safety specialists	50	20
22233	Construction inspectors	50	20
22310	Electrical and electronics engineering technologists and technicians	50	20
22313	Aircraft instrument, electrical and avionics mechanics, technicians and inspectors	50	20
31121	Dietitians and nutritionists	50	20
32102	Paramedical occupations	50	20
32103	Respiratory therapists, clinical perfusionists and cardiopulmonary technologists	50	20
32120	Medical laboratory technologists	50	20
32121	Medical radiation technologists	50	20
32122	Medical sonographers	50	20
41300	Social workers	50	20
41400	Natural and applied science policy researchers, consultants and program officers	50	20
41403	Social policy researchers, consultants and program officers	50	20
41405	Education policy researchers, consultants and program officers	50	20
41409	Other professional occupations in social science	50	20
43201	Correctional service officers	50	20
43203	Border services, customs, and immigration officers	50	20
50012	Recreation, sports and fitness program and service directors	50	20
51101	Conservators and curators	50	20
51102	Archivists	50	20
51111	Authors and writers (except technical)	50	20
51112	Technical writers	50	20
51120	Producers, directors, choreographers and related occupations	50	20
52112	Broadcast technicians	50	20
60020	Retail and wholesale trade managers	50	20
60031	Accommodation service managers	50	20
60040	Managers in customer and personal services	50	20
72010	Contractors and supervisors, machining, metal forming, shaping and erecting trades and related occupations	50	20
72013	Contractors and supervisors, carpentry trades	50	20
72014	Contractors and supervisors, other construction trades, installers, repairers and servicers	50	20
72020	Contractors and supervisors, mechanic trades	50	20
72021	Contractors and supervisors, heavy equipment operator crews	50	20
72102	Sheet metal workers	50	20
72105	Ironworkers	50	20
72201	Industrial electricians	50	20
72302	Gas fitters	50	20
72320	Bricklayers	50	20
72321	Insulators	50	20
72401	Heavy-duty equipment mechanics	50	20
72403	Railway carmen/women	50	20
72404	Aircraft mechanics and aircraft inspectors	50	20
72500	Crane operators	50	20
72602	Deck officers, water transport	50	20
72603	Engineer officers, water transport	50	20
73311	Railway conductors and brakemen/women	50	20
82010	Supervisors, logging and forestry	50	20
83100	Underground production and development miners	50	20
83120	Fishing masters and officers	50	20
92010	Supervisors, mineral and metal processing	50	20
93102	Pulping, papermaking and coating control operators	50	20

What should you do if your NOC is on the list?

• Update your Express Entry profile before November 3 if you have a job offer, so the offer is on file when the points start.
• Keep your proof ready: your offer letter, and reference letters that show your duties, hours and dates.
• Re-run your numbers with our free CRS calculator once IRCC recalculates the pool.

Our high-wage points guide walks through the full checklist, including the portal workaround for job offers without an LMIA.

What if your NOC is not on the list?

You earn no new points from this factor, but your other routes stay open. Category-based draws still invite candidates by occupation group, and a provincial nomination still adds 600 points. Read our guide to provincial nominee options for skilled workers.

What happens if the list changes?

IRCC can update the list as new wage data arrives. If the list changes after you receive an Invitation to Apply (ITA), the level in effect on your invitation date still applies to you, even if your occupation moves levels or comes off the list (IRCC, Oct 2026).

Frequently Asked Questions

Official sources

• IRCC: High-wage occupations and how we assess them (page modified October 16, 2026)
• IRCC backgrounder: Changes to Express Entry for high-wage occupations
• IRCC: 2026 changes to points for Canadian work experience and job offers

Want a plan built around your tier? Book a Strategy Consultation with Amir Ismail, RCIC #R412319, and get your next steps before the November 3 changes land.

Amir Ismail is a Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultant (RCIC #R412319) who has been associated with the immigration consulting industry since 1991.