Human Resource Management: Occupational Research

The National Occupational Classification (NOC) is Canada’s national system for describing occupations. You can search the NOC to find where an occupation is classified or to learn about its main duties, educational requirements or other useful information.

This is made available by the Bureau of Labor Statistics in the United States. For hundreds of different types of jobs this database tells you the training and education needed, earnings, expected job prospects, working conditions and more.

The following guide has been prepared by the data librarians at York University Libraries. This webpage includes links to useful statistical resources from Statistics Canada and other websites.

Provides access to a large database of online employee salary data. Covers many different occupations and has global coverage including Canada.

This information is made available via the Government of Canada's Job Bank.

This is made available by the Bureau of Labor Statistics in the United States. For hundreds of different types of jobs this database provides earnings information.