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From November 3, 2026, Express Entry adds CRS points for a qualifying job offer, or Canadian work experience, in a high-wage occupation. Search by job title or NOC code.

Points by wage level

Wage levelJob offer pointsWork experience points
2x the median wage100+70
1.5x the median wage70+40
1.3x the median wage50+20

Work experience points are added to your regular Canadian experience points. You get job offer points or work experience points, whichever is higher. They don't combine.

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Showing 186 of 186 occupations

2x the median wage

100 job offer points · +70 work experience points

  • Architecture and science managers

    NOC 20011

    2x median

  • Banking, credit and other investment managers

    NOC 10021

    2x median

  • Commissioned police officers and related occupations in public protection services

    NOC 40040

    2x median

  • Computer and information systems managers

    NOC 20012

    2x median

  • Corporate sales managers

    NOC 60010

    2x median

  • Engineering managers

    NOC 20010

    2x median

  • Financial managers

    NOC 10010

    2x median

  • Fire chiefs and senior firefighting officers

    NOC 40041

    2x median

  • General practitioners and family physicians

    NOC 31102

    2x median

  • Government managers - economic analysis, policy development and program administration

    NOC 40011

    2x median

  • Government managers - education policy development and program administration

    NOC 40012

    2x median

  • Government managers - health and social policy development and program administration

    NOC 40010

    2x median

  • Human resources managers

    NOC 10011

    2x median

  • Insurance, real estate and financial brokerage managers

    NOC 10020

    2x median

  • Judges

    NOC 41100

    2x median

  • Lawyers and Quebec notaries

    NOC 41101

    2x median

  • Managers in natural resources production and fishing

    NOC 80010

    2x median

  • Mining engineers

    NOC 21330

    2x median

  • Nurse practitioners

    NOC 31302

    2x median

  • Other managers in public administration

    NOC 40019

    2x median

  • Petroleum engineers

    NOC 21332

    2x median

  • Physician assistants, midwives and allied health professionals

    NOC 31303

    2x median

  • Purchasing managers

    NOC 10012

    2x median

  • Senior government managers and officials

    NOC 00011

    2x median

  • Senior managers - financial, communications and other business services

    NOC 00012

    2x median

  • Senior managers - health, education, social and community services and membership organizations

    NOC 00013

    2x median

  • Specialists in clinical and laboratory medicine

    NOC 31100

    2x median

  • Specialists in surgery

    NOC 31101

    2x median

  • University professors and lecturers

    NOC 41200

    2x median

  • Utilities managers

    NOC 90011

    2x median

  • Veterinarians

    NOC 31103

    2x median

1.5x the median wage

70 job offer points · +40 work experience points

  • Administrators - post-secondary education and vocational training

    NOC 40020

    1.5x median

  • Advertising, marketing and public relations managers

    NOC 10022

    1.5x median

  • Aerospace engineers

    NOC 21390

    1.5x median

  • Air pilots, flight engineers and flying instructors

    NOC 72600

    1.5x median

  • Air traffic controllers and related occupations

    NOC 72601

    1.5x median

  • Audiologists and speech-language pathologists

    NOC 31112

    1.5x median

  • Boilermakers

    NOC 72103

    1.5x median

  • Business development officers and market researchers and analysts

    NOC 41402

    1.5x median

  • Business systems specialists

    NOC 21221

    1.5x median

  • Central control and process operators, mineral and metal processing

    NOC 93100

    1.5x median

  • Central control and process operators, petroleum, gas and chemical processing

    NOC 93101

    1.5x median

  • Chemical engineers

    NOC 21320

    1.5x median

  • Civil engineers

    NOC 21300

    1.5x median

  • College and other vocational instructors

    NOC 41210

    1.5x median

  • Commissioned officers of the Canadian Armed Forces

    NOC 40042

    1.5x median

  • Computer engineers (except software engineers and designers)

    NOC 21311

    1.5x median

  • Computer systems developers and programmers

    NOC 21230

    1.5x median

  • Construction managers

    NOC 70010

    1.5x median

  • Contractors and supervisors, electrical trades and telecommunications occupations

    NOC 72011

    1.5x median

  • Contractors and supervisors, oil and gas drilling and services

    NOC 82021

    1.5x median

  • Contractors and supervisors, pipefitting trades

    NOC 72012

    1.5x median

  • Cybersecurity specialists

    NOC 21220

    1.5x median

  • Data scientists

    NOC 21211

    1.5x median

  • Database analysts and data administrators

    NOC 21223

    1.5x median

  • Dental hygienists and dental therapists

    NOC 32111

    1.5x median

  • Dentists

    NOC 31110

    1.5x median

  • Economists and economic policy researchers and analysts

    NOC 41401

    1.5x median

  • Educational counsellors

    NOC 41320

    1.5x median

  • Electrical and electronics engineers

    NOC 21310

    1.5x median

  • Electrical power line and cable workers

    NOC 72203

    1.5x median

  • Elementary school and kindergarten teachers

    NOC 41221

    1.5x median

  • Elevator constructors and mechanics

    NOC 72406

    1.5x median

  • Engineering inspectors and regulatory officers

    NOC 22231

    1.5x median

  • Facility operation and maintenance managers

    NOC 70012

    1.5x median

  • Firefighters

    NOC 42101

    1.5x median

  • Forestry professionals

    NOC 21111

    1.5x median

  • Geological engineers

    NOC 21331

    1.5x median

  • Geoscientists and oceanographers

    NOC 21102

    1.5x median

  • Health policy researchers, consultants and program officers

    NOC 41404

    1.5x median

  • Industrial and manufacturing engineers

    NOC 21321

    1.5x median

  • Industrial instrument technicians and mechanics

    NOC 22312

    1.5x median

  • Information systems specialists

    NOC 21222

    1.5x median

  • Librarians

    NOC 51100

    1.5x median

  • Library, archive, museum and art gallery managers

    NOC 50010

    1.5x median

  • Managers - publishing, motion pictures, broadcasting and performing arts

    NOC 50011

    1.5x median

  • Managers in health care

    NOC 30010

    1.5x median

  • Managers in social, community and correctional services

    NOC 40030

    1.5x median

  • Managers in transportation

    NOC 70020

    1.5x median

  • Manufacturing managers

    NOC 90010

    1.5x median

  • Mathematicians, statisticians and actuaries

    NOC 21210

    1.5x median

  • Mechanical engineers

    NOC 21301

    1.5x median

  • Metallurgical and materials engineers

    NOC 21322

    1.5x median

  • Meteorologists and climatologists

    NOC 21103

    1.5x median

  • Nursing coordinators and supervisors

    NOC 31300

    1.5x median

  • Occupational therapists

    NOC 31203

    1.5x median

  • Oil and gas well drillers, servicers, testers and related workers

    NOC 83101

    1.5x median

  • Other administrative services managers

    NOC 10019

    1.5x median

  • Other business services managers

    NOC 10029

    1.5x median

  • Other professional engineers

    NOC 21399

    1.5x median

  • Other professional occupations in physical sciences

    NOC 21109

    1.5x median

  • Pharmacists

    NOC 31120

    1.5x median

  • Physicists and astronomers

    NOC 21100

    1.5x median

  • Physiotherapists

    NOC 31202

    1.5x median

  • Police investigators and other investigative occupations

    NOC 41310

    1.5x median

  • Police officers (except commissioned)

    NOC 42100

    1.5x median

  • Postal and courier services managers

    NOC 70021

    1.5x median

  • Power engineers and power systems operators

    NOC 92100

    1.5x median

  • Power system electricians

    NOC 72202

    1.5x median

  • Probation and parole officers

    NOC 41311

    1.5x median

  • Professional occupations in business management consulting

    NOC 11201

    1.5x median

  • Program officers unique to government

    NOC 41407

    1.5x median

  • Psychologists

    NOC 31200

    1.5x median

  • Public and environmental health and safety professionals

    NOC 21120

    1.5x median

  • Railway and yard locomotive engineers

    NOC 73310

    1.5x median

  • Railway traffic controllers and marine traffic regulators

    NOC 72604

    1.5x median

  • Registered nurses and registered psychiatric nurses

    NOC 31301

    1.5x median

  • School principals and administrators of elementary and secondary education

    NOC 40021

    1.5x median

  • Secondary school teachers

    NOC 41220

    1.5x median

  • Securities agents, investment dealers and brokers

    NOC 11103

    1.5x median

  • Senior managers - construction, transportation, production and utilities

    NOC 00015

    1.5x median

  • Senior managers - trade, broadcasting and other services

    NOC 00014

    1.5x median

  • Software developers and programmers

    NOC 21232

    1.5x median

  • Software engineers and designers

    NOC 21231

    1.5x median

  • Steamfitters, pipefitters and sprinkler system installers

    NOC 72301

    1.5x median

  • Supervisors, mining and quarrying

    NOC 82020

    1.5x median

  • Supervisors, petroleum, gas and chemical processing and utilities

    NOC 92011

    1.5x median

  • Supervisors, railway transport operations

    NOC 72023

    1.5x median

  • Telecommunication carriers managers

    NOC 10030

    1.5x median

  • Urban and land use planners

    NOC 21202

    1.5x median

1.3x the median wage

50 job offer points · +20 work experience points

  • Accommodation service managers

    NOC 60031

    1.3x median

  • Agricultural representatives, consultants and specialists

    NOC 21112

    1.3x median

  • Aircraft instrument, electrical and avionics mechanics, technicians and inspectors

    NOC 22313

    1.3x median

  • Aircraft mechanics and aircraft inspectors

    NOC 72404

    1.3x median

  • Architects

    NOC 21200

    1.3x median

  • Archivists

    NOC 51102

    1.3x median

  • Assessors, business valuators and appraisers

    NOC 12203

    1.3x median

  • Authors and writers (except technical)

    NOC 51111

    1.3x median

  • Biologists and related scientists

    NOC 21110

    1.3x median

  • Border services, customs, and immigration officers

    NOC 43203

    1.3x median

  • Bricklayers

    NOC 72320

    1.3x median

  • Broadcast technicians

    NOC 52112

    1.3x median

  • Chemists

    NOC 21101

    1.3x median

  • Conservators and curators

    NOC 51101

    1.3x median

  • Construction inspectors

    NOC 22233

    1.3x median

  • Contractors and supervisors, carpentry trades

    NOC 72013

    1.3x median

  • Contractors and supervisors, heavy equipment operator crews

    NOC 72021

    1.3x median

  • Contractors and supervisors, machining, metal forming, shaping and erecting trades and related occupations

    NOC 72010

    1.3x median

  • Contractors and supervisors, mechanic trades

    NOC 72020

    1.3x median

  • Contractors and supervisors, other construction trades, installers, repairers and servicers

    NOC 72014

    1.3x median

  • Correctional service officers

    NOC 43201

    1.3x median

  • Crane operators

    NOC 72500

    1.3x median

  • Deck officers, water transport

    NOC 72602

    1.3x median

  • Dietitians and nutritionists

    NOC 31121

    1.3x median

  • Education policy researchers, consultants and program officers

    NOC 41405

    1.3x median

  • Electrical and electronics engineering technologists and technicians

    NOC 22310

    1.3x median

  • Engineer officers, water transport

    NOC 72603

    1.3x median

  • Financial advisors

    NOC 11102

    1.3x median

  • Financial and investment analysts

    NOC 11101

    1.3x median

  • Financial auditors and accountants

    NOC 11100

    1.3x median

  • Fishing masters and officers

    NOC 83120

    1.3x median

  • Gas fitters

    NOC 72302

    1.3x median

  • Heavy-duty equipment mechanics

    NOC 72401

    1.3x median

  • Human resources professionals

    NOC 11200

    1.3x median

  • Industrial electricians

    NOC 72201

    1.3x median

  • Insulators

    NOC 72321

    1.3x median

  • Insurance adjusters and claims examiners

    NOC 12201

    1.3x median

  • Ironworkers

    NOC 72105

    1.3x median

  • Land surveyors

    NOC 21203

    1.3x median

  • Landscape architects

    NOC 21201

    1.3x median

  • Legislators

    NOC 00010

    1.3x median

  • Managers in customer and personal services

    NOC 60040

    1.3x median

  • Medical laboratory technologists

    NOC 32120

    1.3x median

  • Medical radiation technologists

    NOC 32121

    1.3x median

  • Medical sonographers

    NOC 32122

    1.3x median

  • Natural and applied science policy researchers, consultants and program officers

    NOC 41400

    1.3x median

  • Occupational health and safety specialists

    NOC 22232

    1.3x median

  • Other financial officers

    NOC 11109

    1.3x median

  • Other professional occupations in social science

    NOC 41409

    1.3x median

  • Paramedical occupations

    NOC 32102

    1.3x median

  • Producers, directors, choreographers and related occupations

    NOC 51120

    1.3x median

  • Pulping, papermaking and coating control operators

    NOC 93102

    1.3x median

  • Railway carmen/women

    NOC 72403

    1.3x median

  • Railway conductors and brakemen/women

    NOC 73311

    1.3x median

  • Recreation, sports and fitness program and service directors

    NOC 50012

    1.3x median

  • Respiratory therapists, clinical perfusionists and cardiopulmonary technologists

    NOC 32103

    1.3x median

  • Retail and wholesale trade managers

    NOC 60020

    1.3x median

  • Sheet metal workers

    NOC 72102

    1.3x median

  • Social policy researchers, consultants and program officers

    NOC 41403

    1.3x median

  • Social workers

    NOC 41300

    1.3x median

  • Supervisors, logging and forestry

    NOC 82010

    1.3x median

  • Supervisors, mineral and metal processing

    NOC 92010

    1.3x median

  • Technical occupations in geomatics and meteorology

    NOC 22214

    1.3x median

  • Technical writers

    NOC 51112

    1.3x median

  • Underground production and development miners

    NOC 83100

    1.3x median

  • Web developers and programmers

    NOC 21234

    1.3x median

Source: IRCC, high-wage occupations for Express Entry(opens in a new tab). Last checked October 16, 2026.

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The occupation counts, not your salary. IRCC uses the typical earnings of the occupation, and it sets the occupation from the duties in your job offer.

Work experience points are added automatically. For job offer points, update your Express Entry profile with the job offer details before November 3.

More points don't guarantee an invitation. The cut-off score for each round still applies, and invitations pause for up to two weeks while IRCC recalculates scores.

A qualifying job offer is genuine, full-time and continuous, and lasts at least one year after you become a permanent resident. It no longer needs an LMIA. Work experience needs at least 12 months, in an eligible occupation, gained in Canada in the last 10 years.

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Source: IRCC backgrounder, “Changes to Express Entry for high-wage occupations,” October 16, 2026, and the list of occupations published by CIC News on the same date. IRCC maintains the official list and may update it. Last checked October 16, 2026.

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