Jobs in Alberta

Most jobs in Alberta are in health care, construction and the skilled trades, retail, energy and agriculture. Calgary and Edmonton account for the majority of postings, with steady hiring in Red Deer, Lethbridge, Grande Prairie, Medicine Hat and Fort McMurray.

Energy shapes the job market well beyond the oil sands. It supports engineering, trucking, welding, camp catering and office roles across the province, and many northern jobs run on rotating shifts with travel and lodging arranged by the employer. Construction and landscaping hire hardest from spring to fall. Alberta has no provincial sales tax, which is worth remembering when you compare an offer here with one from another province. Start with jobs in Calgary or jobs in Edmonton, or go straight to skilled trades jobs.

Job market snapshot: Alberta, October 2026

Employers advertised 6,563 job postings in Alberta on Job Bank in October 2026, covering 10,080 vacancies. About 89% were full-time. The median advertised wage among hourly-paid postings was $22.09 an hour.

Source: Job Bank open data, Employment and Social Development Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada. Figures count postings first advertised on Job Bank that month. They are not a count of jobs open on JobsNearMe.ca today.