Top Canadian Jobs for 2015 and Beyond
Canadian Business recently published their yearly standing of Canada's Best Jobs 2015: The Top 20 Jobs. This list ranks occupations that are showing the biggest growth and pay. Using data from Statistics Canada, the ranking was based on job and median salary growth over time. The ranking clearly shows the top jobs vary dramatically and can be found across industries.
Their methodology looked at jobs that fulfilled these requirements:
- occupation had experienced employment growth over the past five years;
- occupation had a minimum median salary of $60,000;
- the field employs at least 5,000 people as measured in the most recent year.
The occupation that topped the list was a Mining & Forestry Manager with a median salary of $108,804.80 with a total of 10,700 employees in this field. Required for this job is deep technical knowledge combined with strong people skills. The ranking included such occupations as: human resources manager (#20), registered nurse (#16), software engineer (#12), mapping technologist (#9), statistician & actuary (#4) and air traffic controller (#3) to name a few on the list.
If you are interested in the highest paying professions, then check out the list that Workopolis came out with that has The 10 best jobs for 2015 that pay over $90K. No surprise there as to which ones made the list. Of course professions like physicians, dentists, lawyers and pharmacists will always prove to be highly lucrative careers.
When you look at the Canadian job market right now, the areas that are showing immense growth are science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). Degrees in computer science, math or engineering are in demand because they can be applied to many industries such as finance, e-commerce and IT. The health care field is another area that is growing because of our aging population. And when you turn to the skilled trades profession "the Conference Board of Canada estimates at least one million trades and construction workers will be needed in the country over the next 15 years. The Skills Canada non-profit organization has estimated that one million skilled trade workers (e.g., plumbing, masonry, and, automation and control) will be needed by 2020."
Having said all of that, you should also look at labour market information before you jump into any career based on these lists. While they do provide you with pertinent data and up-to-date statistical analysis and methodology, you should still research a suitable career based on your interests, needs, personality type, and capabilities.
For more information, visit the North York Central Library – Career Collection and have a look at some of these titles to borrow.
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