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

Very good outlook: 13 occupations
Good outlook: 122 occupations
Regulated occupations: 82 on this list, in Nova Scotia

Occupations by job outlook in Nova Scotia

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 34 TEER 0 occupations of 384. Show all

Occupations by job outlook in Nova Scotia, 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)	$63.23 an hour	—
Computer and information systems managers	Good (4 of 5)	$58.97 an hour	—
Managers in health care	Good (4 of 5)	$56.00 an hour	—
Insurance, real estate and financial brokerage managers	Good (4 of 5)	$49.23 an hour	—
Other business services managers	Good (4 of 5)	$46.15 an hour	—
Construction managers	Good (4 of 5)	$41.35 an hour	—
Managers in social, community and correctional services	Good (4 of 5)	$36.54 an hour	—
Accommodation service managers	Good (4 of 5)	$33.37 an hour	—
Other managers in public administration	Moderate (3 of 5)	$60.44 an hour	—
Utilities managers	Moderate (3 of 5)	$60.12 an hour	—
Architecture and science managers	Moderate (3 of 5)	$55.55 an hour	—
Human resources managers	Moderate (3 of 5)	$55.29 an hour	—
School principals and administrators of elementary and secondary education	Moderate (3 of 5)	$55.29 an hour	—
Government managers - health and social policy development and program administration	Moderate (3 of 5)	$55.20 an hour	—
Purchasing managers	Moderate (3 of 5)	$53.12 an hour	—
Financial managers	Moderate (3 of 5)	$52.88 an hour	—
Administrators - post-secondary education and vocational training	Moderate (3 of 5)	$52.88 an hour	—
Telecommunication carriers managers	Moderate (3 of 5)	$50.00 an hour	—
Manufacturing managers	Moderate (3 of 5)	$48.08 an hour	—
Banking, credit and other investment managers	Moderate (3 of 5)	$47.18 an hour	—
Managers in transportation	Moderate (3 of 5)	$45.19 an hour	—
Facility operation and maintenance managers	Moderate (3 of 5)	$43.27 an hour	—
Library, archive, museum and art gallery managers	Moderate (3 of 5)	$38.29 an hour	—
Retail and wholesale trade managers	Moderate (3 of 5)	$36.06 an hour	—
Recreation, sports and fitness program and service directors	Moderate (3 of 5)	$35.71 an hour	—
Managers in customer and personal services	Moderate (3 of 5)	$32.39 an hour	—
Managers in agriculture	Moderate (3 of 5)	$26.92 an hour	—
Restaurant and food service managers	Moderate (3 of 5)	$21.95 an hour	—
Managers in horticulture	Moderate (3 of 5)	—	—
Government managers - economic analysis, policy development and program administration	Limited (2 of 5)	$64.87 an hour	—
Managers in natural resources production and fishing	Limited (2 of 5)	$58.48 an hour	—
Advertising, marketing and public relations managers	Limited (2 of 5)	$52.88 an hour	—
Corporate sales managers	Limited (2 of 5)	$51.28 an hour	—

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