In-Demand Jobs in Halifax, Nova Scotia (2025-2027 Outlook)

Very good outlook: 11 occupations
Good outlook: 116 occupations
Regulated occupations: 74 on this list, in Nova Scotia

Occupations by job outlook in Halifax

Ranked by Job Bank’s 3-year outlook, then by median wage.

What TEER means

TEER (training, education, experience and responsibilities) is how the National Occupational Classification groups jobs:

TEER 0: management occupations.
TEER 1: usually a university degree.
TEER 2: usually a college diploma or apprenticeship training of 2 or more years, or supervisory occupations.
TEER 3: usually a college diploma or apprenticeship training of less than 2 years, or more than 6 months of on-the-job training.
TEER 4: usually a high school diploma or several weeks of on-the-job training.
TEER 5: usually short-term work demonstration and no formal education.

Showing 31 TEER 0 occupations of 323. Show all

Occupations by job outlook in Halifax, TEER 0
Occupation	Outlook	Median wage	Licence
Home building and renovation managers	Good (4 of 5)	$44,400 a year	—
Engineering managers	Good (4 of 5)	$64.44 an hour	—
Computer and information systems managers	Good (4 of 5)	$60.10 an hour	—
Managers in health care	Good (4 of 5)	$56.04 an hour	—
Manufacturing managers	Good (4 of 5)	$49.00 an hour	—
Other business services managers	Good (4 of 5)	$45.24 an hour	—
Construction managers	Good (4 of 5)	$41.96 an hour	—
Managers in social, community and correctional services	Good (4 of 5)	$36.54 an hour	—
Accommodation service managers	Good (4 of 5)	$32.91 an hour	—
Utilities managers	Moderate (3 of 5)	$62.07 an hour	—
Other managers in public administration	Moderate (3 of 5)	$61.54 an hour	—
Government managers - health and social policy development and program administration	Moderate (3 of 5)	$56.20 an hour	—
Architecture and science managers	Moderate (3 of 5)	$56.00 an hour	—
School principals and administrators of elementary and secondary education	Moderate (3 of 5)	$55.86 an hour	—
Human resources managers	Moderate (3 of 5)	$54.95 an hour	—
Insurance, real estate and financial brokerage managers	Moderate (3 of 5)	$53.82 an hour	—
Purchasing managers	Moderate (3 of 5)	$53.39 an hour	—
Administrators - post-secondary education and vocational training	Moderate (3 of 5)	$52.88 an hour	—
Telecommunication carriers managers	Moderate (3 of 5)	$51.84 an hour	—
Financial managers	Moderate (3 of 5)	$51.00 an hour	—
Managers in transportation	Moderate (3 of 5)	$47.62 an hour	—
Banking, credit and other investment managers	Moderate (3 of 5)	$47.18 an hour	—
Facility operation and maintenance managers	Moderate (3 of 5)	$43.27 an hour	—
Recreation, sports and fitness program and service directors	Moderate (3 of 5)	$35.71 an hour	—
Retail and wholesale trade managers	Moderate (3 of 5)	$33.65 an hour	—
Managers in customer and personal services	Moderate (3 of 5)	$32.90 an hour	—
Restaurant and food service managers	Moderate (3 of 5)	$21.95 an hour	—
Managers in agriculture	Moderate (3 of 5)	—	—
Government managers - economic analysis, policy development and program administration	Limited (2 of 5)	$64.87 an hour	—
Corporate sales managers	Limited (2 of 5)	$51.28 an hour	—
Advertising, marketing and public relations managers	Limited (2 of 5)	$50.19 an hour	—

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