Compensation does not replace the occupational and qualification tests. The actual duties must fit a listed profession.
Explain the work first
A sales target or bonus metric may help describe the role, including duties needing review. Do not treat a large payment as evidence that the job must be professional under TN.
Each listed profession carries its own credential expectations, which can include a specific degree, a licence, or defined experience thresholds; none apply universally across professions. The listed engineering credential is a baccalaureate or licenciatura degree, or a state/provincial licence; the applicant must also be a Canadian or Mexican citizen seeking qualifying temporary professional work. Where the role plausibly fits a listed profession that allows an experience-based alternative to a degree, identify exactly what that profession's own rule requires and document the applicant's experience against that rule, not against a general trades reputation. If the non-writing share dominates, discuss with counsel whether a different listed profession fits better, or whether the position can be described more accurately without misstating what the employer actually needs done. Recheck the classification rather than assuming only the numbers changed: TN requires a Canadian or Mexican citizen performing prearranged work in a listed USMCA profession, with that profession’s own qualifications and no self-employment. The occupation must be one of the listed USMCA professions and the applicant must personally hold the qualification that entry requires; and the applicant must be a citizen of Canada or Mexico, since permanent residence in Canada does not satisfy that condition.