The Government of Canada’s Job Bank includes a Career Planning resource, which has listed the highest paying jobs by education level across this country.
Listed for diploma holders, graduates with a bachelor’s degree and students with a master’s degree, the Job Bank includes some of the highest-paying jobs that one can obtain with all three of these achievements. The following will outline the top three for each, alongside the median earnings according to the Government of Canada.
Graduates with a Diploma
Diploma-based programs and courses are typically made available to those with a niche area of interest. Diploma-based programs are often shorter in length than Bachelor’s and Master’s programs, and they typically require the student to have completed high school in order to apply for the program.
Canada’s top three highest-paying jobs for diploma holders are:
- Stationary energy sources installer and operator: median earnings – $128,310
- Heavy/industrial equipment maintenance technologies: median earnings – $74,248
- Allied health diagnostic, intervention & treatment professions: median earnings – $69,163
Graduates with a Bachelor’s Degree
Bachelor’s Degree programs often take three or four years to complete, depending on program requirements. Canada offers more than 10,000 different Bachelor’s Degree programs at over 100 universities across the country.
Canada’s top three highest-paying jobs for Bachelor’s Degree holders are:
- Pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences: median earnings – $109,645
- Chemical engineering and related studies: median earnings – $91,278
- Other engineering-related fields: median earnings – $80,003
Graduates with a Master’s Degree
Master’s Degree programs, which require the completion of a Bachelor’s Degree program as a prerequisite, are typically one or two years in length. Often available in almost any field of study that interests a given student, completion of these programs typically requires the student to finish a thesis, practicum or research paper.
Canada’s top three highest-paying jobs for Master’s Degree holders are:
- Finance and financial management services: median earnings – $106,578
- Pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences: median earnings – $103,059
- Accounting: median earnings – $102,610