NOC 2021 · 32120 · TEER 2
Medical laboratory technologists
Unit group 32120 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
What this group covers
Medical laboratory technologists conduct medical laboratory tests, experiments and analyses to assist in the diagnosis, treatment, monitoring and prevention of disease. They are employed in medical laboratories in hospitals, blood banks, community and private clinics, research facilities and post-secondary educational institutions. Medical laboratory technologists who are supervisors are included in this unit group.
Example job titles
As Statistics Canada publishes them. Yours may be worded differently and still belong here.
- advanced registered medical laboratory technologist
- anatomical pathology technologist
- autopsy technologist
- blood bank technologist
- clinical genetics technologist
- clinical laboratory technologist
- combined laboratory and x-ray technician
- combined laboratory and x-ray technologist
- cytogenetics technologist - medical laboratory
- cytology technologist
- electron microscopy technologist - medical laboratory
- hematology technologist - medical laboratory
- histology technologist
- histology technologist - medical laboratory
- histopathology technologist
- histotechnologist - medical laboratory
- immunology technologist - medical laboratory
- medical laboratory biochemistry technologist
- medical laboratory charge technologist
- medical laboratory cytotechnologist
- medical laboratory microbiology technologist
- medical laboratory technologist
- medical laboratory technologist - anatomical pathology
- medical laboratory technologist - core laboratory
- medical laboratory technologists supervisor
- medical laboratory tissue technologist
- medical technologist
- medical technologist - medical laboratory
- medical technologists supervisor
- registered medical technologist
- registered technologist - medical
- serology technologist
What it pays, and where it is hiring
Job Bank publishes a wage estimate and a three-year employment outlook for each occupation, region by region. Both are below as published — where an estimate is missing from the source it is missing here too, because the alternative is inventing one.
Across Canada
$39.00 an hour
Low $25.13, high $49.00
Where it pays most
- Banff--Jasper--Rocky Mountain House · Alberta$46.51
- Calgary · Alberta$45.79
- Wood Buffalo--Cold Lake · Alberta$45.24
- London · Ontario$45.00
- Windsor--Sarnia · Ontario$44.56
Economic regions only. A province’s figure is an average over the regions inside it, so including one would rank a province above its own best region and read as a finding.
By province and territory
| Where | Median hourly | Low to high | Outlook 2025–2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newfoundland and Labrador | $38.00 | $32.00 – $42.10 | Good |
| Prince Edward Island | $37.57 | $17.00 – $41.75 | Good |
| Nova Scotia | $35.00 | $30.00 – $42.56 | Good |
| New Brunswick | $35.78 | $30.50 – $44.95 | Very good |
| Quebec | $35.00 | $29.72 – $40.00 | Good |
| Ontario | $42.00 | $23.00 – $50.00 | Good |
| Manitoba | $38.00 | $36.00 – $41.00 | Good |
| Saskatchewan | $38.00 | $32.00 – $44.90 | Very good |
| Alberta | $45.79 | $25.00 – $50.00 | Very good |
| British Columbia | $41.00 | $30.00 – $45.90 | Good |
| Yukon Territory | Not published | Not published | Undetermined |
| Northwest Territories | Not published | Not published | Undetermined |
| Nunavut | Not published | Not published | Undetermined |
By economic region
The 69 economic regions where Job Bank publishes a wage or a rated outlook, of 72.
| Where | Province | Median hourly | Low to high | Outlook 2025–2027 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avalon Peninsula | Newfoundland and Labrador | $40.00 | $24.00 – $42.10 | Very good |
| South Coast--Burin Peninsula | Newfoundland and Labrador | $38.00 | $34.58 – $42.00 | Good |
| West Coast--Northern Peninsula--Labrador | Newfoundland and Labrador | $38.90 | $31.90 – $43.09 | Good |
| Notre Dame--Central Bonavista Bay | Newfoundland and Labrador | $38.00 | $34.58 – $42.00 | Good |
| Cape Breton | Nova Scotia | $38.63 | $30.98 – $44.03 | Good |
| North Shore | Nova Scotia | $38.50 | $31.22 – $44.78 | Good |
| Annapolis Valley | Nova Scotia | $38.30 | $29.50 – $42.14 | Good |
| Southern | Nova Scotia | $37.89 | $30.75 – $43.55 | Good |
| Halifax | Nova Scotia | $38.15 | $29.90 – $41.71 | Good |
| Campbellton--Miramichi | New Brunswick | $36.64 | $29.81 – $45.64 | Very good |
| Moncton--Richibucto | New Brunswick | $36.44 | $30.17 – $44.19 | Very good |
| Saint John--St. Stephen | New Brunswick | $36.52 | $25.00 – $40.00 | Very good |
| Fredericton--Oromocto | New Brunswick | $36.80 | $30.06 – $43.10 | Very good |
| Edmundston--Woodstock | New Brunswick | $39.44 | $32.97 – $46.68 | Very good |
| Gaspésie--Îles-de-la-Madeleine | Quebec | $38.26 | $30.87 – $44.71 | Good |
| Bas-Saint-Laurent | Quebec | $37.04 | $30.42 – $43.21 | Good |
| Capitale-Nationale | Quebec | $35.00 | $29.72 – $40.00 | Good |
| Chaudière-Appalaches | Quebec | $35.00 | $29.72 – $40.00 | Good |
| Estrie | Quebec | $35.00 | $29.72 – $40.00 | Very good |
| Centre-du-Québec | Quebec | $35.00 | $29.72 – $40.00 | Good |
| Montérégie | Quebec | $37.50 | $34.00 – $40.00 | Good |
| Montréal | Quebec | $35.00 | $29.72 – $40.00 | Good |
| Laval | Quebec | $32.93 | $25.00 – $37.80 | Good |
| Lanaudière | Quebec | $35.00 | $29.72 – $40.00 | Good |
| Laurentides | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Outaouais | Quebec | $37.00 | $22.00 – $44.65 | Good |
| Abitibi-Témiscamingue | Quebec | $36.28 | $29.61 – $41.75 | Very good |
| Mauricie | Quebec | $35.00 | $29.72 – $40.00 | Very good |
| Saguenay--Lac-Saint-Jean | Quebec | $35.00 | $29.72 – $40.00 | Good |
| Côte-Nord | Quebec | $35.00 | $29.72 – $40.00 | Good |
| Nord-du-Québec | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Ottawa | Ontario | $42.00 | $23.00 – $50.00 | Good |
| Kingston--Pembroke | Ontario | $40.36 | $26.21 – $50.00 | Good |
| Muskoka--Kawarthas | Ontario | $43.24 | $32.78 – $51.49 | Very good |
| Toronto | Ontario | $40.50 | $18.57 – $50.00 | Good |
| Kitchener--Waterloo--Barrie | Ontario | $43.39 | $33.10 – $52.31 | Good |
| Hamilton--Niagara Peninsula | Ontario | $44.00 | $28.85 – $48.78 | Very good |
| London | Ontario | $45.00 | $33.33 – $51.28 | Good |
| Windsor--Sarnia | Ontario | $44.56 | $23.08 – $57.37 | Good |
| Stratford--Bruce Peninsula | Ontario | $43.15 | $32.00 – $52.19 | Moderate |
| Northeast | Ontario | $44.00 | $37.00 – $51.70 | Moderate |
| Northwest | Ontario | $42.30 | $27.00 – $50.00 | Good |
| Southeast | Manitoba | $39.00 | $33.72 – $48.12 | Undetermined |
| South Central | Manitoba | $38.75 | $31.51 – $46.00 | Undetermined |
| Southwest | Manitoba | $36.00 | $36.00 – $40.87 | Good |
| Winnipeg | Manitoba | $38.00 | $36.00 – $40.00 | Good |
| Interlake | Manitoba | $39.73 | $32.21 – $48.45 | Undetermined |
| Parklands | Manitoba | Not published | Not published | Very good |
| North | Manitoba | Not published | Not published | Very good |
| Regina--Moose Mountain | Saskatchewan | $38.70 | $31.34 – $45.47 | Very good |
| Swift Current--Moose Jaw | Saskatchewan | $37.34 | $29.44 – $44.46 | Undetermined |
| Saskatoon--Biggar | Saskatchewan | $39.22 | $22.89 – $49.00 | Very good |
| Yorkton--Melville | Saskatchewan | $37.39 | $30.93 – $45.74 | Very good |
| Prince Albert | Saskatchewan | $38.76 | $31.82 – $45.93 | Very good |
| Northern | Saskatchewan | Not published | Not published | Very good |
| Lethbridge--Medicine Hat | Alberta | $43.76 | $32.73 – $52.60 | Very good |
| Camrose--Drumheller | Alberta | $43.86 | $31.96 – $54.04 | Good |
| Calgary | Alberta | $45.79 | $18.00 – $50.00 | Very good |
| Banff--Jasper--Rocky Mountain House | Alberta | $46.51 | $34.59 – $59.77 | Good |
| Red Deer | Alberta | $43.70 | $33.01 – $51.52 | Undetermined |
| Edmonton | Alberta | $42.00 | $25.00 – $75.00 | Very good |
| Athabasca--Grande Prairie--Peace River | Alberta | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Wood Buffalo--Cold Lake | Alberta | $45.24 | $34.12 – $54.67 | Undetermined |
| Vancouver Island and Coast | British Columbia | $40.00 | $32.00 – $59.01 | Good |
| Lower Mainland | British Columbia | $40.32 | $28.30 – $45.70 | Good |
| Thompson--Okanagan | British Columbia | $42.61 | $34.03 – $51.51 | Good |
| Kootenay | British Columbia | $41.23 | $33.31 – $51.34 | Undetermined |
| Cariboo | British Columbia | $42.36 | $35.42 – $53.44 | Moderate |
| North Coast | British Columbia | $41.57 | $34.48 – $48.45 | Undetermined |
Job Bank rates employment prospects for each occupation in each economic region from very good to very limited over 2025–2027, and says “undetermined” where it has not got enough to rate. It is an assessment of prospects, not a count of vacancies.
The estimates on this page come from Labour Force Survey (2023-2024) · Small Area Estimation (2024).
Job Bank publishes an estimate for 24,364 of the 44,376 occupation-and-place pairs in this release. The rest are suppressed rather than modelled, and appear here as not published.
Wage estimates from the 2025 Wages release, revised 19 November 2025; employment outlooks from 2025-2027 Employment Outlooks - NOC 2021, released 8 December 2025. Both are updated annually. Estimates for different regions come from different surveys, so comparing two regions is exactly as sound as Job Bank’s own regional comparison and no more.
Source: Statistics Canada — National Occupational Classification 2021 V1.0; Employment and Social Development Canada — Job Bank wages; Employment and Social Development Canada — Job Bank 3-year employment outlooks. Data current as of 13 August 2026. NOC 2021 Version 1.0. The classification is versioned rather than dated — IRCC moved to it in November 2022, and a new version would be a new classification rather than an update.