In-Demand Jobs in Yukon (2025-2027 Outlook)

Very good outlook: 1 occupation
Good outlook: 29 occupations
Regulated occupations: 11 on this list, in Yukon

Occupations by job outlook in Yukon

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.

Occupations by job outlook in Yukon
Occupation	Outlook	Median wage	TEER	Licence
Police officers (except commissioned)	Very good (5 of 5)	$53.92 an hour	2	—
General practitioners and family physicians	Good (4 of 5)	$219,382 a year	1	—
Home building and renovation managers	Good (4 of 5)	$60,000 a year	0	—
Lawyers and Quebec notaries	Good (4 of 5)	$61.54 an hour	1	—
Other administrative services managers	Good (4 of 5)	$59.66 an hour	0	—
Managers in health care	Good (4 of 5)	$56.31 an hour	0	—
Secondary school teachers	Good (4 of 5)	$54.95 an hour	1	—
Elementary school and kindergarten teachers	Good (4 of 5)	$54.87 an hour	1	—
Construction managers	Good (4 of 5)	$54.49 an hour	0	—
Managers in transportation	Good (4 of 5)	$52.94 an hour	0	—
Public and environmental health and safety professionals	Good (4 of 5)	$51.59 an hour	1	—
Social policy researchers, consultants and program officers	Good (4 of 5)	$49.32 an hour	1	—
Health policy researchers, consultants and program officers	Good (4 of 5)	$48.85 an hour	1	—
Registered nurses and registered psychiatric nurses	Good (4 of 5)	$48.50 an hour	1	Regulated
Therapists in counselling and related specialized therapies	Good (4 of 5)	$47.69 an hour	1	—
Education policy researchers, consultants and program officers	Good (4 of 5)	$47.00 an hour	1	—
College and other vocational instructors	Good (4 of 5)	$46.52 an hour	1	—
Information systems specialists	Good (4 of 5)	$46.43 an hour	1	—
Professional occupations in advertising, marketing and public relations	Good (4 of 5)	$45.80 an hour	1	—
Human resources and recruitment officers	Good (4 of 5)	$40.00 an hour	2	—
Paramedical occupations	Good (4 of 5)	$38.83 an hour	2	—
Executive assistants	Good (4 of 5)	$36.94 an hour	2	—
Nurse aides, orderlies and patient service associates	Good (4 of 5)	$33.00 an hour	3	—
Social and community service workers	Good (4 of 5)	$30.00 an hour	2	—
Early childhood educators and assistants	Good (4 of 5)	$30.00 an hour	2	—
Security guards and related security service occupations	Good (4 of 5)	$26.68 an hour	4	—
Retail salespersons and visual merchandisers	Good (4 of 5)	$20.00 an hour	4	—
Dental assistants and dental laboratory assistants	Good (4 of 5)	—	3	—
Home child care providers	Good (4 of 5)	—	4	—
Translators, terminologists and interpreters	Good (4 of 5)	—	1	—
Government managers - economic analysis, policy development and program administration	Moderate (3 of 5)	$68.27 an hour	0	—
Financial managers	Moderate (3 of 5)	$61.54 an hour	0	—
Firefighters	Moderate (3 of 5)	$56.49 an hour	2	Regulated
Managers in social, community and correctional services	Moderate (3 of 5)	$50.41 an hour	0	—
Power engineers and power systems operators	Moderate (3 of 5)	$49.36 an hour	2	—
Biologists and related scientists	Moderate (3 of 5)	$48.19 an hour	1	—
Business development officers and market researchers and analysts	Moderate (3 of 5)	$47.95 an hour	1	—
Social workers	Moderate (3 of 5)	$47.69 an hour	1	—
Facility operation and maintenance managers	Moderate (3 of 5)	$47.28 an hour	0	—
Civil engineers	Moderate (3 of 5)	$46.18 an hour	1	—
Contractors and supervisors, heavy equipment operator crews	Moderate (3 of 5)	$45.70 an hour	2	—
Financial auditors and accountants	Moderate (3 of 5)	$45.60 an hour	1	Regulated
Geoscientists and oceanographers	Moderate (3 of 5)	$45.55 an hour	1	—
Professional occupations in business management consulting	Moderate (3 of 5)	$45.27 an hour	1	—
Accommodation service managers	Moderate (3 of 5)	$45.22 an hour	0	—
Technical occupations in geomatics and meteorology	Moderate (3 of 5)	$44.46 an hour	2	—
Heavy-duty equipment mechanics	Moderate (3 of 5)	$44.17 an hour	2	Regulated
Human resources professionals	Moderate (3 of 5)	$42.38 an hour	1	—
Accounting technicians and bookkeepers	Moderate (3 of 5)	$42.00 an hour	2	—
Property administrators	Moderate (3 of 5)	$41.62 an hour	3	—
Retail and wholesale trade managers	Moderate (3 of 5)	$41.36 an hour	0	—
Natural and applied science policy researchers, consultants and program officers	Moderate (3 of 5)	$41.00 an hour	1	—
Procurement and purchasing agents and officers	Moderate (3 of 5)	$40.37 an hour	2	—
Heavy equipment operators	Moderate (3 of 5)	$39.00 an hour	3	—
Occupational health and safety specialists	Moderate (3 of 5)	$37.43 an hour	2	—
Bus drivers, subway operators and other transit operators	Moderate (3 of 5)	$35.96 an hour	3	—
Home support workers, caregivers and related occupations	Moderate (3 of 5)	$35.00 an hour	4	—
Carpenters	Moderate (3 of 5)	$35.00 an hour	2	Regulated
Water and waste treatment plant operators	Moderate (3 of 5)	$34.17 an hour	2	—
Transport truck drivers	Moderate (3 of 5)	$34.00 an hour	3	—
General building maintenance workers and building superintendents	Moderate (3 of 5)	$33.98 an hour	3	—
Accounting and related clerks	Moderate (3 of 5)	$33.75 an hour	4	—
Administrative assistants	Moderate (3 of 5)	$33.50 an hour	3	—
Plumbers	Moderate (3 of 5)	$31.02 an hour	2	Regulated
General office support workers	Moderate (3 of 5)	$30.00 an hour	4	—
Data entry clerks	Moderate (3 of 5)	$29.18 an hour	4	—
Construction trades helpers and labourers	Moderate (3 of 5)	$28.50 an hour	5	—
Cooks	Moderate (3 of 5)	$28.37 an hour	3	Regulated
Elementary and secondary school teacher assistants	Moderate (3 of 5)	$28.21 an hour	3	—
Janitors, caretakers and heavy-duty cleaners	Moderate (3 of 5)	$28.00 an hour	5	—
Retail sales supervisors	Moderate (3 of 5)	$27.79 an hour	2	—
Other assisting occupations in support of health services	Moderate (3 of 5)	$27.12 an hour	3	—
Light duty cleaners	Moderate (3 of 5)	$24.64 an hour	5	—
Food and beverage servers	Moderate (3 of 5)	$22.00 an hour	5	—
Delivery service drivers and door-to-door distributors	Moderate (3 of 5)	$21.55 an hour	5	—
Food counter attendants, kitchen helpers and related support occupations	Moderate (3 of 5)	$20.00 an hour	5	—
Cashiers	Moderate (3 of 5)	$17.94 an hour	5	—
Store shelf stockers, clerks and order fillers	Moderate (3 of 5)	$17.94 an hour	5	—
Receptionists	Moderate (3 of 5)	—	4	—
Correctional service officers	Moderate (3 of 5)	—	3	—
Graphic designers and illustrators	Moderate (3 of 5)	—	2	—
Airline ticket and service agents	Moderate (3 of 5)	—	4	—
Electricians (except industrial and power system)	Moderate (3 of 5)	—	2	Regulated
Air pilots, flight engineers and flying instructors	Moderate (3 of 5)	—	2	—
Painters and decorators (except interior decorators)	Moderate (3 of 5)	—	3	Regulated
Government managers - health and social policy development and program administration	Limited (2 of 5)	$62.97 an hour	0	—
Advertising, marketing and public relations managers	Limited (2 of 5)	$57.04 an hour	0	—
Human resources managers	Limited (2 of 5)	$56.35 an hour	0	—
Urban and land use planners	Limited (2 of 5)	$45.02 an hour	1	—
Aircraft mechanics and aircraft inspectors	Limited (2 of 5)	$43.28 an hour	2	—
Administrative officers	Limited (2 of 5)	$38.00 an hour	3	—
Restaurant and food service managers	Limited (2 of 5)	$37.99 an hour	0	—
Automotive service technicians, truck and bus mechanics and mechanical repairers	Limited (2 of 5)	$35.02 an hour	2	Regulated
Payroll administrators	Limited (2 of 5)	$34.18 an hour	3	—
Electronic service technicians (household and business equipment)	Limited (2 of 5)	$33.34 an hour	2	Some roles
Landscaping and grounds maintenance labourers	Limited (2 of 5)	$30.31 an hour	5	—
Storekeepers and partspersons	Limited (2 of 5)	$30.13 an hour	4	Regulated
Program leaders and instructors in recreation, sport and fitness	Limited (2 of 5)	$27.34 an hour	4	—
Chefs	Limited (2 of 5)	$26.12 an hour	2	—
Material handlers	Limited (2 of 5)	$23.66 an hour	5	—
Hotel front desk clerks	Limited (2 of 5)	$20.33 an hour	4	—
Operators and attendants in amusement, recreation and sport	Limited (2 of 5)	$17.94 an hour	5	—
Air transport ramp attendants	Limited (2 of 5)	—	4	—
Public works and maintenance labourers	Very limited (1 of 5)	$27.19 an hour	5	—
Other customer and information services representatives	Very limited (1 of 5)	$25.00 an hour	4	—

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