NOC 2021 · 51122 · TEER 1
Musicians and singers
Unit group 51122 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
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What this group covers
Musicians and singers perform with orchestras, choirs, opera companies and popular bands in establishments such as concert halls, lounges and theatres and in film, television and recording studios. This unit group also includes music teachers who usually teach in conservatories, academies and private homes.
Example job titles
As Statistics Canada publishes them. Yours may be worded differently and still belong here.
- accompanist
- accordion teacher - private, conservatory or studio lessons
- alto
- back-up musician
- baritone
- bass
- bass drum teacher - private, conservatory or studio lessons
- bass player
- bassoon teacher - private, conservatory or studio lessons
- blues singer
- bugler
- carillonneur
- cellist
- cello teacher - private, conservatory or studio lessons
- chorister
- church organist
- concert singer
- cornetist
- drummer
- flutist
- folk singer
- gospel singer
- guitar player
- harpist
- horn player
- horn teacher - private, conservatory or studio lessons
- instrumental music teacher - private, conservatory or studio lessons
- instrumental musician
- instrumentalist
- keyboardist
- lied singer
- mezzo-soprano
- music teacher - musicians
- music teacher - private, conservatory or studio lessons
- musical interpreter
- musician
- opera singer
- organ teacher - private, conservatory or studio lessons
- organist
- percussionist
- pianist
- piano teacher - private, conservatory or studio lessons
- pop singer
- recital singer
- recording artist
- rehearsal musician
- rock singer
- session musician
- singer
- soloist
- soprano
- street musician
- tenor
- trombonist
- trumpeter
- tuba player
- viola teacher - private, conservatory or studio lessons
- violin teacher - private, conservatory or studio lessons
- violinist
- vocal music teacher - private, conservatory or studio lessons
- vocal soloist
- vocalist
- voice teacher - music
- voice teacher - private, conservatory or studio lessons
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
$32,867 a year
Low $32,867, high $74,500
Where it pays most
- Outaouais · Quebec$63,200
- Estrie · Quebec$54,400
- Lanaudière · Quebec$42,400
- Capitale-Nationale · Quebec$40,800
- Winnipeg · Manitoba$40,400
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 annual | Low to high | Outlook 2025–2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newfoundland and Labrador | $34,229 | Not published | Undetermined |
| Prince Edward Island | Not published | Not published | Undetermined |
| Nova Scotia | $35,128 | Not published | Undetermined |
| New Brunswick | $34,000 | Not published | Undetermined |
| Quebec | $33,109 | $33,109 – $88,000 | Undetermined |
| Ontario | $37,561 | $37,561 – $63,200 | Undetermined |
| Manitoba | $38,800 | Not published | Undetermined |
| Saskatchewan | $34,747 | Not published | Undetermined |
| Alberta | $32,867 | $32,867 – $82,000 | Undetermined |
| British Columbia | $37,929 | $37,929 – $76,000 | Undetermined |
| Yukon Territory | Not published | Not published | Undetermined |
| Northwest Territories | Not published | Not published | Undetermined |
| Nunavut | Not published | Not published | Undetermined |
By economic region
The 22 economic regions where Job Bank publishes a wage or a rated outlook, of 72.
| Where | Province | Median annual | Low to high | Outlook 2025–2027 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avalon Peninsula | Newfoundland and Labrador | $34,229 | Not published | Undetermined |
| Halifax | Nova Scotia | $40,000 | Not published | Undetermined |
| Moncton--Richibucto | New Brunswick | $34,400 | Not published | Undetermined |
| Capitale-Nationale | Quebec | $40,800 | Not published | Undetermined |
| Estrie | Quebec | $54,400 | Not published | Undetermined |
| Montérégie | Quebec | $33,109 | Not published | Undetermined |
| Montréal | Quebec | $33,109 | $33,109 – $85,000 | Undetermined |
| Lanaudière | Quebec | $42,400 | Not published | Undetermined |
| Outaouais | Quebec | $63,200 | Not published | Undetermined |
| Mauricie | Quebec | $33,109 | Not published | Undetermined |
| Ottawa | Ontario | $37,561 | $37,561 – $76,500 | Undetermined |
| Toronto | Ontario | $37,561 | $37,561 – $64,500 | Undetermined |
| Kitchener--Waterloo--Barrie | Ontario | $37,561 | Not published | Undetermined |
| Hamilton--Niagara Peninsula | Ontario | $37,561 | Not published | Undetermined |
| London | Ontario | $37,561 | Not published | Undetermined |
| Winnipeg | Manitoba | $40,400 | Not published | Undetermined |
| Saskatoon--Biggar | Saskatchewan | $34,747 | Not published | Undetermined |
| Calgary | Alberta | $32,867 | Not published | Undetermined |
| Edmonton | Alberta | $32,867 | Not published | Undetermined |
| Vancouver Island and Coast | British Columbia | $37,929 | Not published | Undetermined |
| Lower Mainland | British Columbia | $37,929 | $37,929 – $71,000 | Undetermined |
| Thompson--Okanagan | British Columbia | $37,929 | Not published | 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 2021 Census (2021).
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.