Ottawa’s Top Jobs
Ottawa Employment Hub, LEPC, has reviewed the “job numbers” for the past three years for Ottawa and has come up with a list of Ottawa’s Top Jobs “by the numbers.” Click here for our summary of Ottawa’s Top Jobs in 2019.
Below we include the NOC (National Occupational Classification) one-pagers for each of the top 10 occupations in Ottawa, based on 2018 numbers. 2019 version is coming soon:
Top 10: Number of jobs (in 2019)
1) Information systems analysts and consultants – NOC 2171
2) Retail salespersons – NOC 6421
3) Computer programmers and interactive media developers – NOC 2174
5) General office support workers – NOC 1411
6) Food counter attendants, kitchen helpers, and related occupations – NOC 6711
7) Registered nurses and registered psychiatric nurses – NOC 3012
8) Social policy researchers, consultants and program officers – NOC 4164
Top 10: Growth in number of jobs (from 2017 to 2019)
1) Administrative Assistants – NOC 1241
2) Retail Sales Supervisors – NOC 6211
3) Other Managers in Public Administration – NOC 0414
4) Social Policy Researchers, Consultants and Program Officers – NOC 4164
5) Secondary and elementary school teachers and educational counsellors, n.e.c. – NOC 4030
6) Information systems analysts and consultants – NOC 2171
7) Light duty cleaners – NOC 6731
8) Accounting technicians and bookkeepers – NOC 1311
9) Computer engineers (except software engineers and designers) – NOC 2147
Top 10: % of job growth in number of jobs (from 2017 to 2019)
2)Administrative Assistants – NOC 1241
3) Senior Managers-Financial, Communications and other Business Services – NOC 0013
4) Other services supervisors – NOC 6316
5) Telecommunication carriers managers – NOC 0131
6) Taxi and limousine drivers and chauffeurs – NOC 7513
7) Corporate sales managers – NOC 0601
8) Other automotive mechanical installers and servicers – NOC 7535
9) Process control and machine operators, food and beverage processing – NOC 9461