IRCC LEVEL
Free tool · Updated for the 2026 rules
What is your high-wage occupation worth in CRS points?
From November 3, 2026, the new Labour Market Integration factor rewards 186 high-wage occupations — through Canadian work experience or a qualifying job offer, with no LMIA required. Answer four quick questions and watch your score build.
- ⚡ +50 to +150 points
- 🛡️ LMIA-exempt offers
- 📋 All 186 NOCs included
Estimates only. This tool provides unofficial estimates that may not represent your actual CRS score. IRCC’s official scoring, the published occupation list and final decisions always govern. Read the full disclaimer.
Four questions
Build your estimate
Your salary isn’t part of it — IRCC scores the occupation, not your pay. Each answer updates the result.
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Canadian work experience
Paid work, full-time or the same amount part-time. Work done while you were a full-time student or self-employed doesn’t count under Express Entry rules.
Full-time or the same amount part-time, continuous or not, and several listed jobs can be combined. If those 12 months mix levels, IRCC uses the lowest level they all reach — e.g. 6 months at 2.0×+ and 6 months at 1.5–2.0× earns the 1.5–2.0× add-on (+40). Pick that occupation in Step 1 for an exact result.
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Job offer
Offer points come from the offer job’s NOC, which can differ from the job you have experience in. The offer must be genuine, full-time and for at least one year after you become a permanent resident; an IRCC officer checks this, and a revoked offer stops counting.
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About you
From your Express Entry profile. It already includes your Canadian work experience points, so we add only the change. Leave it blank to see just your new LMI points.
Use a score from before November 3, 2026. Once IRCC rescores your profile (from Nov 3, taking up to two weeks), your score already includes these points — entering it here would count them twice. In that case, leave this blank.
The rules, plainly
How the LMI factor works
Three things decide your points — here’s the logic IRCC published.
IRCC’s list sets the level
IRCC has already placed 186 occupations (NOC codes) into three levels — 2.0×+, 1.5–2.0× and 1.3–1.5× the average median wage — using 3 years of national wage data. You just look up your NOC. Your personal salary isn’t part of it, so a raise doesn’t change your points.
No LMIA needed
From November 3, 2026 a qualifying offer no longer requires an LMIA. Officers still verify the employer and the genuineness of the offer.
Best of both is used
Offer points and experience points don’t stack — IRCC compares them and awards the higher. The whole LMI factor caps at 150 (single) / 140 (with spouse).
Official list · Nov 3, 2026
All 186 high-wage occupations
Every eligible NOC with its IRCC level and points. Click a row to load it into the calculator.
What you’re looking at
Each row is one of the 186 occupations on IRCC’s list, with the level IRCC assigned it and what that level is worth: offer points for a qualifying job offer in it, and the experience add-on for 12+ months of Canadian experience in it (on top of work-length points).
The level belongs to the occupation, not to you — everyone in the same NOC gets the same points, whatever their salary.
| NOC | Occupation title | IRCC level | Offer pts | Exp. add-on |
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Source: IRCC’s Express Entry high-wage occupations list, in effect November 3, 2026 (based on 2023–2025 data). If IRCC updates the list after you’re invited, the level on your invitation date applies.
Disclaimer
Please read before relying on any number here
Estimates only
Every figure in this tool is an unofficial estimate and may not represent your actual Comprehensive Ranking System score. IRCC’s official scoring of your profile — and its final decisions — always govern.
Rules and lists change
The Labour Market Integration factor takes effect November 3, 2026. Points, levels and the 186-occupation list follow IRCC’s announced rules and 2023–2025 data, and may be updated at any time. This tool may lag those changes.
Your experience must qualify
Experience counts only if it meets Express Entry rules: skilled (TEER 0–3) work in Canada within the last 10 years, with the high-wage add-on needing 12+ months in listed occupations. A job offer must be genuine and valid under Express Entry — an IRCC officer checks this.
How your current score is used
If you enter a current score, we assume it was calculated before November 3, 2026 and already includes your Canadian work experience points. We remove those and add the new factor, following IRCC’s published rule that you get experience or a job offer, never both. IRCC’s own rescoring of your profile is the official number.
Not affiliated, not advice
This tool is not affiliated with IRCC or the Government of Canada and is not legal advice. For decisions that matter, clear your doubts with a consultation or verify directly at canada.ca.
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