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 63 TEER 4 occupations of 384. Show all

Occupations by job outlook in Nova Scotia, TEER 4
Occupation	Outlook	Median wage	TEER	Licence
Home support workers, caregivers and related occupations	Very good (5 of 5)	$22.00 an hour	4	—
Water transport deck and engine room crew	Good (4 of 5)	$28.00 an hour	4	—
Public works maintenance equipment operators and related workers	Good (4 of 5)	$23.00 an hour	4	—
Other products assemblers, finishers and inspectors	Good (4 of 5)	$22.00 an hour	4	—
Plastic products assemblers, finishers and inspectors	Good (4 of 5)	$18.00 an hour	4	—
Program leaders and instructors in recreation, sport and fitness	Good (4 of 5)	$17.00 an hour	4	—
Security guards and related security service occupations	Good (4 of 5)	$17.00 an hour	4	—
Automotive and heavy truck and equipment parts installers and servicers	Good (4 of 5)	$17.00 an hour	4	—
Fish and seafood plant workers	Good (4 of 5)	$16.80 an hour	4	—
Retail salespersons and visual merchandisers	Good (4 of 5)	$16.50 an hour	4	—
Industrial painters, coaters and metal finishing process operators	Moderate (3 of 5)	$33.92 an hour	4	—
Utility maintenance workers	Moderate (3 of 5)	$30.14 an hour	4	—
Rubber processing machine operators and related workers	Moderate (3 of 5)	$30.00 an hour	4	—
Pursers and flight attendants	Moderate (3 of 5)	$29.23 an hour	4	—
Court clerks and related court services occupations	Moderate (3 of 5)	$28.59 an hour	4	—
Sales and account representatives - wholesale trade (non-technical)	Moderate (3 of 5)	$27.88 an hour	4	—
Mechanical assemblers and inspectors	Moderate (3 of 5)	$27.19 an hour	4	—
Personnel clerks	Moderate (3 of 5)	$27.00 an hour	4	—
Mail and parcel sorters and related occupations	Moderate (3 of 5)	$26.95 an hour	4	—
Letter carriers	Moderate (3 of 5)	$26.00 an hour	4	—
Dispatchers	Moderate (3 of 5)	$25.64 an hour	4	—
Fishing vessel deckhands	Moderate (3 of 5)	$25.00 an hour	4	—
Storekeepers and partspersons	Moderate (3 of 5)	$24.52 an hour	4	Regulated
Correspondence, publication and regulatory clerks	Moderate (3 of 5)	$24.45 an hour	4	—
Machine operators of other metal products	Moderate (3 of 5)	$24.18 an hour	4	—
Couriers and messengers	Moderate (3 of 5)	$23.80 an hour	4	—
Plastics processing machine operators	Moderate (3 of 5)	$23.38 an hour	4	—
Accounting and related clerks	Moderate (3 of 5)	$23.08 an hour	4	—
Postal services representatives	Moderate (3 of 5)	$22.68 an hour	4	—
Purchasing and inventory control workers	Moderate (3 of 5)	$22.00 an hour	4	—
Travel counsellors	Moderate (3 of 5)	$22.00 an hour	4	—
General office support workers	Moderate (3 of 5)	$21.99 an hour	4	—
Concrete, clay and stone forming operators	Moderate (3 of 5)	$21.92 an hour	4	—
Survey interviewers and statistical clerks	Moderate (3 of 5)	$21.84 an hour	4	—
Sawmill machine operators	Moderate (3 of 5)	$21.66 an hour	4	—
Testers and graders, food and beverage processing	Moderate (3 of 5)	$21.40 an hour	4	—
Airline ticket and service agents	Moderate (3 of 5)	$21.00 an hour	4	—
Customer services representatives - financial institutions	Moderate (3 of 5)	$21.00 an hour	4	—
Process control and machine operators, food and beverage processing	Moderate (3 of 5)	$21.00 an hour	4	—
Furniture and fixture assemblers, finishers, refinishers and inspectors	Moderate (3 of 5)	$20.80 an hour	4	—
Banking, insurance and other financial clerks	Moderate (3 of 5)	$20.79 an hour	4	—
Receptionists	Moderate (3 of 5)	$20.50 an hour	4	—
Air transport ramp attendants	Moderate (3 of 5)	$20.00 an hour	4	—
Industrial butchers and meat cutters, poultry preparers and related workers	Moderate (3 of 5)	$20.00 an hour	4	—
Electronics assemblers, fabricators, inspectors and testers	Moderate (3 of 5)	$20.00 an hour	4	—
Library assistants and clerks	Moderate (3 of 5)	$19.51 an hour	4	—
Metalworking and forging machine operators	Moderate (3 of 5)	$19.49 an hour	4	—
Shippers and receivers	Moderate (3 of 5)	$19.23 an hour	4	—
Home child care providers	Moderate (3 of 5)	$19.00 an hour	4	—
Specialized livestock workers and farm machinery operators	Moderate (3 of 5)	$19.00 an hour	4	—
Assemblers and inspectors of other wood products	Moderate (3 of 5)	$19.00 an hour	4	—
Industrial sewing machine operators	Moderate (3 of 5)	$18.71 an hour	4	—
Other customer and information services representatives	Moderate (3 of 5)	$18.53 an hour	4	—
Bartenders	Moderate (3 of 5)	$18.00 an hour	4	—
Tailors, dressmakers, furriers and milliners	Moderate (3 of 5)	$17.01 an hour	4	—
Maîtres d'hôtel and hosts/hostesses	Moderate (3 of 5)	$17.00 an hour	4	—
Hotel front desk clerks	Moderate (3 of 5)	$16.50 an hour	4	—
Chemical plant machine operators	Moderate (3 of 5)	—	4	—
Woodworking machine operators	Moderate (3 of 5)	—	4	—
Pulp mill, papermaking and finishing machine operators	Limited (2 of 5)	$30.13 an hour	4	—
Silviculture and forestry workers	Limited (2 of 5)	$23.28 an hour	4	—
Data entry clerks	Limited (2 of 5)	$22.00 an hour	4	—
Chain saw and skidder operators	Limited (2 of 5)	—	4	—

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