No Degree, No Drama: Canada's Highest-Paying Jobs That Don't Require A University Education

What are the highest-paying jobs you can get without a degree or experience?

Recently, Indeed revealed the highest-paying jobs in Canada for 2023 that you can get even if you don't have a degree from a post-secondary school or any experience.

While some of these positions only pay around minimum wage, there are quite a few that offer salaries close to $100,000 a year!

According to Indeed, one of the highest paying jobs without degree or experience requirements is a warehouse worker.

The national average salary for this position is $16.46 an hour, which works out to $34,236 a year if you're a full-time employee working a 40-hour week.

Receptionists who don't have a degree or experience make an average salary of $16.94 per hour in Canada.

That's $35,235 a year when you do full-time work.

For accounting clerk positions, the national average salary is $21.26 an hour and $44,220 a year with full-time work.

You could make $21.28 per hour — which works out to $44,262 a year — without a degree or experience as a landscape technician.

According to Indeed, miners in Canada have a national average salary of $21.71 per hour or $45,156 a year.

Theatre practitioners can make $23.23 per hour, which is $48,318 a year for full-time work without having a university degree.

If you want a career as a translator, you could earn $23.71 an hour even if you don't have a post-secondary education.

That hourly pay works out to $49,316 a year.

Dental assistant positions have a national average hourly wage of $23.92, according to Indeed. So, working full-time would earn you $49,753 each year.

For claims adjusters, the average salary is $51,987 a year in Canada.

If you want to work as an executive chef, you could make an average salary of $63,788 per year.

According to Indeed, maintenance managers get a salary of $76,025 a year on average in Canada.

In mobile developer jobs, the national average yearly salary is $80,778, even without a degree or any experience.

With train conductor positions, you could earn $85,393 per year.

Then, the highest paying job in Canada that doesn't require a degree or experience, according to Indeed, is a nuclear power reactor operator position.

The national average salary for that job is $88,253 a year!

What are other high-paying jobs in Canada that don't require a degree?

Back in 2022, Indeed also shared what high-paying jobs you can get hired for in Canada even if you don't have a university degree.

The salaries for those positions range from just over $50,000 a year to more than $130,000 a year!

Welders earn an average salary of $51,803 per year in Canada.

For dump truck drivers, the yearly pay is typically around $57,550.

Sales executives can make $58,927 per year without a degree, according to Indeed.

Also, automotive technicians earn $62,850 each year on average in Canada.

For people who work as plumbers, the national average salary is $65,234 per year.

You could get hired for a job working as a web developer without a university degree and make $67,127 a year.

If you want a career as an electrician, the national average yearly pay is $67,909 for full-time work.

Land surveyors in Canada could make $68,300 per year without having a university degree.

Indeed revealed that people who work as drivers — whether that involves driving passengers, delivering shipments or operating public transportation vehicles — earn an average salary of $69,599 a year.

For construction managers, the national average salary is $70,150 per year, and for distribution managers, the pay is $81,215 per year.

Typically in Canada, you could earn $87,483 a year as a firefighter even if you don't have a university education.

If you're thinking of getting a job in real estate, realtors make an average salary of $113,725 per year in Canada!

According to Indeed, air traffic controller positions in this country pay around $133,181 a year on average, which makes it one of the highest-paying jobs you can get without a degree.

What degrees get you the highest-paying entry-level jobs in Canada?

If you have a post-secondary education or are thinking about getting one from a university, there is also data on the degrees that can get you the highest-paying entry-level jobs in Canada for 2023.

Having a bachelor's degree in finance, IT, health care, engineering, and other fields could earn you anywhere from $33,000 to $72,000 a year in entry-level positions, Indeed revealed earlier this year.

Then, the starting salary that you can earn with those degrees rises to more than $100,000 and even over $300,000 per year when you get mid and senior-level positions.