51122 Musicians and singers
No. NOC 51122 is not on the high-wage list.
Not on the list TEER 1
TEER 0 to 3 work still counts for Canadian experience work-length points.
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Example job titles
- accompanist
- church organist
- guitar player
- instrumentalist
- music teacher - musicians
- musician
- opera singer
- percussionist
- recording artist
- rock singer
- singer
- vocalist
Main duties
- Musicians
- Play one or more instruments as soloists or as members of a musical group before audiences or for recording purposes.
- Singers
- Sing musical arrangements as soloists or as members of vocal groups before audiences or for recording purposes.
- Teachers of music or voice
- Teach technique, interpretation and music theory to students through private or group lessons.
What changes on November 3, 2026
- A new Labour Market Integration factor replaces the Canadian work experience points.
- Canadian experience in a high-wage occupation adds 20, 40 or 70 points on top of work-length points.
- A job offer in a high-wage occupation gives 50, 70 or 100 points, and no LMIA is needed.
- The two routes do not add up. You get the higher one: up to 150 points (140 with a spouse).
- Invitation rounds pause for up to two weeks while IRCC recalculates every profile.
Other occupations
51100Librarians Level 2: at least 1.5× median wage51101Conservators and curators Level 1: at least 1.3× median wage51102Archivists Level 1: at least 1.3× median wage51110Editors51111Authors and writers (except technical) Level 1: at least 1.3× median wage51112Technical writers Level 1: at least 1.3× median wage51113Journalists51114Translators, terminologists and interpreters51120Producers, directors, choreographers and related occupations Level 1: at least 1.3× median wage51121Conductors, composers and arrangers