Managers in education
Administrators - post-secondary education and vocational trainingNOC 40020, TEER 0
NOC 40020 (Administrators - post-secondary education and vocational training) is TEER 0.TEER 0
Management occupations
- Express Entry
- IRCC counts TEER 0 to 3 work for the Federal Skilled Worker Program and the Canadian Experience Class, so work in NOC 40020 sits inside that range.
- 2026 categories
- IRCC's 2026 category lists do not include NOC 40020.
- Median wage
- $56.41 an hour across Canada, from Job Bank's 2025 wage release (2023-2024 data).
- Provincial programs
- Each province sets which occupations its streams take. From our registry: OINP Ontario Workforce Priority stream, status Open, verified November 12, 2026.
How to read this code
- Broad category
- The first digit is the broad occupational category, the widest grouping in the NOC.
- TEER
- The second digit, 0, is the TEER category: TEER 0.
- Group
- The first four digits, 4002, are the minor group: Managers in education.
- Occupation
- All five digits, 40020, are the unit group, the occupation itself: Administrators - post-secondary education and vocational training.
Also called: aviation school manager, business school manager, community college dean, community college registrar, dean - university or college
This page shows the official duties for NOC 40020, where its TEER sits in immigration rules, and the wages Job Bank reports. It describes the rules. It does not decide anyone's case.
What the job involves
Statistics Canada text, quoted word for word. IRCC compares your duties with this description, not your job title.
Lead statement
Administrators in post-secondary education and vocational training include faculty administrators and registrars of colleges or universities and administrators of vocational training schools. Faculty administrators manage the academic and related activities of faculties of colleges or universities. Registrars manage registration activities and academic records systems of colleges or universities. Administrators of vocational training schools manage the operations of vocational schools specializing in trades, technology, business or other vocational subjects.
Example job titles
- aviation school manager
- business school manager
- community college dean
- community college registrar
- dean - university or college
- dean of adult education
- faculty of science dean
- school of nursing dean
- school of technology dean
- student activities dean
- trade school manager
- university registrar
Main duties: check yours
IRCC's rule for the Federal Skilled Worker Program: you must have performed "the actions in the lead statement" and "most of the main duties listed". Tick the duties you do. The count helps you compare. It is not a decision.
Verify on canada.ca(opens in a new tab)This group covers more than one job. Compare yourself with the duties under the job closest to yours.
Lead statement: not ticked. Main duties ticked: 0 of 16.
The rule asks for the lead statement and most of the main duties. IRCC gives no number for "most", and an officer decides.
Few ticks? Read "Classified elsewhere" below: it names the codes for jobs that sit close to this one.
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If your duties look different
Statistics Canada names the jobs that belong in a different NOC. If one of these sounds more like your work, open that code and compare.
Classified elsewhere
- 41210College and other vocational instructors (See 41210 College and other vocational instructors)
- 60040Managers in customer and personal services (See 60040 Managers in customer and personal services)
- 00013Rector - education (See 00013 Senior managers - health, education, social and community services and membership organizations)
- 40021School principals and administrators of elementary and secondary education (See 40021 School principals and administrators of elementary and secondary education)
- 00013University president (See 00013 Senior managers - health, education, social and community services and membership organizations)
- 41200University professors and lecturers (See 41200 University professors and lecturers)
Usual employment requirements
- Faculty administrators require a graduate degree in a field related to the academic faculty and Several years of experience as a university professor or college teacher.
- Registrars require an undergraduate degree in business administration or a related field and Several years of experience in registration administration.
- Administrators of vocational training schools usually require an undergraduate degree in business administration or Expertise and certification in a subject of instruction.
Where TEER 0 sits in immigration rules
Each row gives the rule, then what it means for this occupation. The programs set many other conditions too, so read the official page before you act.
Federal Skilled Worker Program and Canadian Experience Class
The rule: both programs count work experience only in TEER 0, 1, 2 or 3.
What this means: NOC 40020 is TEER 0, so work in it is inside that range. The TEER is one condition, not the whole test. Both programs also set how much work you need (at least 1 year, or 1,560 hours), when you did it, and minimum language results.
Federal Skilled Trades Program
The rule: this program goes by NOC group, not by TEER alone. IRPR s. 87.2 lists Major Groups 72 (less Sub-major Group 726), 73, 82, 83, 92 and 93 (less Sub-major Group 932), Minor Group 6320 and Unit Group 62200, other than a restricted occupation.
What this means: NOC 40020 is not in one of the listed groups, so work in it is not skilled trade experience under this program.
Express Entry category-based selection, 2026
The rule: IRCC publishes a closed list of NOC codes for each category. NOC 40020 is not on any 2026 occupation list.
What this means: People in this occupation can still be invited in general or program-specific rounds. French-language proficiency is a separate category: it depends on test results (NCLC 7 in all 4 abilities), not on the occupation.
IRCC page modified October 16, 2026, checked November 12, 2026.
Atlantic Immigration Program
The rule: the program takes job offers in TEER 0 to 4 from designated employers in New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. The job must be full-time and non-seasonal.
What this means: A TEER 0 offer must last at least 1 year from the day the person becomes a permanent resident.
Provincial Nominee Programs
The rule: each province and territory sets its own requirements and streams, including which occupations and TEER levels a stream takes.
What this means: Check the stream's own page for this NOC code. One example from our program status registry:
Program status: OINP Ontario Workforce Priority stream: Open
The stream has launched and the expression of interest portal opened on August 4, 2026. It covers skilled workers with a qualifying job offer in any NOC occupation, plus self-employed physicians.
Verified November 12, 2026 · Official source
Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA)
The rule: an employer, not a worker, applies for an LMIA, and ESDC assesses each job offer. The wage offered, compared with the provincial or territorial threshold, puts the job in the high-wage or low-wage stream.
What this means: Service Canada refuses to process low-wage applications for jobs in census metropolitan areas where unemployment is 6% or higher. Some sectors are exempt, such as primary agriculture, construction, food manufacturing, hospitals, and nursing and residential care. ESDC updates the list of areas each quarter. When this page was checked (September 26, 2026), the ESDC page showed the list for July 10 to October 8, 2026; open the ESDC page for the list in force today. A separate pause covers low-wage jobs in Montréal and Laval.
Wages in Canada
The wages Job Bank publishes for NOC 40020, for Canada as a whole and for each province and territory.
- Low
- $35.90
- per hour
- Median
- $56.41
- per hour
- High
- $91.35
- per hour
What this means: half of the people in this occupation earn less than the median and half earn more. Pay changes with the province, the employer and your experience.
Median by province or territory
| Province or territory | Median (per hour) |
|---|---|
| Newfoundland and Labrador | $49.41 |
| Prince Edward Island | $56.60 |
| Nova Scotia | $52.88 |
| New Brunswick | $48.08 |
| Quebec | $56.80 |
| Ontario | $56.41 |
| Manitoba | $48.00 |
| Saskatchewan | $50.26 |
| Alberta | $54.95 |
| British Columbia | $61.70 |
| Yukon | Not published |
| Northwest Territories | Not published |
| Nunavut | Not published |
Reference period 2023-2024. Data source: Labour Force Survey. ESDC Job Bank wages, release revised 2025-11-19. (opens in a new tab)
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Related occupations
Codes in the same NOC group as 40020, the closest first.
- 40021School principalSchool principals and administrators of elementary and secondary educationTEER 0
- 40019Other managers in public administrationTEER 0
- 40012Education program administration managerGovernment managers - education policy development and program administrationTEER 0
- 40011Government managers - economic analysis, policy development and program administrationTEER 0
- 40010Government managers - health and social policy development and program administrationTEER 0
- 40030Social services managerManagers in social, community and correctional servicesTEER 0
Questions about this code
What is the TEER of NOC 40020?
NOC 40020 (Administrators - post-secondary education and vocational training) is TEER 0: management occupations. In NOC 2021, the second digit of a code is its TEER: in 40020, it is 0. Every job title in this unit group, such as aviation school manager, shares that TEER.
Is NOC 40020 eligible for Express Entry?
IRCC counts work experience in TEER 0, 1, 2 or 3 for the Federal Skilled Worker Program and the Canadian Experience Class. NOC 40020 is TEER 0, so work in it sits inside that range. IRCC's 2026 category lists do not include NOC 40020. People in this occupation can still be invited in general or program-specific rounds. IRCC decides each case.
What is the median wage for NOC 40020?
Job Bank reports a median wage of $56.41 an hour for NOC 40020 across Canada. The low figure is $35.90 and the high is $91.35. Medians by province and territory run from $48.00 in Manitoba to $61.70 in British Columbia. The figures come from Job Bank's 2025 wage release (Labour Force Survey, 2023-2024).
What job titles are under NOC 40020?
Statistics Canada lists 12 example job titles for NOC 40020, including aviation school manager, business school manager, community college dean, community college registrar and dean - university or college. The title alone does not set the code: IRCC compares your duties with the lead statement and main duties on this page.
Can an employer hire for NOC 40020 through an LMIA?
An employer, not a worker, applies for an LMIA, and ESDC assesses each job offer, including the wage. For low-wage jobs, Service Canada refuses to process applications in census metropolitan areas where unemployment is 6% or higher, with some exemptions.
Next steps
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NOC 2021 Version 1.0: Statistics Canada and ESDC.