Human Resource Management: Occupational Research

The NOC is the nationally accepted reference on occupations in Canada. It organizes over 40,000 job titles into 500 occupational group descriptions. Employment and Social Development Canada, in partnership with Statistics Canada, update the NOC according to 5-year Census cycles. Source

Explore Careers is a Government of Canada website that provides job and labour market information tailored to an occupation and location: jobs, wages, skills, qualifications, and more. It is possible to search by Job Title or NOC within individual provinces, territories or cities in Canada.

The following guide has been prepared by Walter Giesbrecht, the Data Librarian at York University. This webpage includes links to useful statistical resources from Statistics Canada and other websites.

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.

Provides salaries and bonuses information for specific jobs at many different companies.

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

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.