NOC 2021 · 72100 · TEER 2
Machinists and machining and tooling inspectors
Unit group 72100 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
What this group covers
Machinists set up and operate a variety of machine tools to cut or grind metal, plastic or other materials to make or modify parts or products with precise dimensions. Machining and tooling inspectors inspect machined parts and tooling in order to maintain quality control standards. They are employed by machinery, equipment, motor vehicle, automotive parts, aircraft and other metal products manufacturing companies and by machine shops. Apprentices are also included in this unit group.
Example job titles
As Statistics Canada publishes them. Yours may be worded differently and still belong here.
- aircraft engine parts machinist
- aircraft machinist
- apprentice automotive machinist
- apprentice machinist
- auto parts machine shop inspector
- automotive machinist
- aviation machinist
- ballistic laboratory machinist
- bench machinist
- computer numerical control (CNC) machinist
- computer-assisted machinist
- diesel engine machinist
- differential gear testing machinist
- dimensional inspector - machine shop
- electrical machinist
- experimental machinist
- firearms machining inspector
- firearms model maker machinist
- gear inspector-machinist
- gear tester-machinist
- general machinist
- journeyman/woman machinist
- machine shop charge hand
- machine shop inspector
- machined parts inspector
- machining and tooling inspector
- machining inspector
- machinist
- machinist apprentice
- maintenance machinist
- master machinist
- model maker machinist
- motion picture equipment machinist
- mould and core machinist
- mouldmaking machinist
- numerically controlled (NC) machinist
- precision machinist
- printing press machinist
- propeller inspector - machining
- prototype machinist
- set-up machinist
- tool and die inspector
- tool and gauge inspector
- tooling inspector
- toolroom inspector
- toolroom machinist
- turbine blade machinist
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
$30.00 an hour
Low $21.00, high $41.50
Where it pays most
- Calgary · Alberta$40.00
- Vancouver Island and Coast · British Columbia$39.96
- Lower Mainland · British Columbia$39.00
- Cariboo · British Columbia$38.81
- Thompson--Okanagan · British Columbia$37.50
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 | $30.00 | $20.00 – $39.00 | Undetermined |
| Prince Edward Island | $27.96 | $21.95 – $31.82 | Moderate |
| Nova Scotia | $31.00 | $21.00 – $47.12 | Good |
| New Brunswick | $30.00 | $20.00 – $36.00 | Moderate |
| Quebec | $27.50 | $21.00 – $38.00 | Moderate |
| Ontario | $30.00 | $21.00 – $40.85 | Limited |
| Manitoba | $28.00 | $19.00 – $40.00 | Moderate |
| Saskatchewan | $35.00 | $28.85 – $45.00 | Limited |
| Alberta | $36.50 | $25.00 – $45.00 | Limited |
| British Columbia | $38.00 | $25.00 – $46.29 | Moderate |
| Yukon Territory | Not published | Not published | Undetermined |
| Northwest Territories | Not published | Not published | Undetermined |
| Nunavut | Not published | Not published | Undetermined |
By economic region
The 58 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 | $30.00 | $20.00 – $39.00 | Undetermined |
| Cape Breton | Nova Scotia | Not published | Not published | Good |
| North Shore | Nova Scotia | $30.65 | $25.15 – $36.78 | Good |
| Annapolis Valley | Nova Scotia | $31.61 | $24.58 – $41.33 | Good |
| Southern | Nova Scotia | $30.36 | $24.72 – $37.69 | Good |
| Halifax | Nova Scotia | $32.18 | $24.45 – $40.74 | Good |
| Campbellton--Miramichi | New Brunswick | $30.00 | $27.00 – $36.00 | Limited |
| Moncton--Richibucto | New Brunswick | $30.00 | $20.00 – $36.00 | Moderate |
| Saint John--St. Stephen | New Brunswick | $30.77 | $30.00 – $35.00 | Moderate |
| Fredericton--Oromocto | New Brunswick | $30.00 | $20.00 – $36.00 | Moderate |
| Edmundston--Woodstock | New Brunswick | $25.75 | $20.66 – $31.54 | Limited |
| Bas-Saint-Laurent | Quebec | $27.80 | $22.00 – $33.17 | Limited |
| Capitale-Nationale | Quebec | $27.00 | $22.00 – $33.01 | Moderate |
| Chaudière-Appalaches | Quebec | $27.50 | $21.00 – $38.00 | Limited |
| Estrie | Quebec | $27.50 | $21.00 – $38.00 | Limited |
| Centre-du-Québec | Quebec | $27.50 | $21.00 – $38.00 | Limited |
| Montérégie | Quebec | $29.00 | $22.71 – $43.00 | Moderate |
| Montréal | Quebec | $26.00 | $19.00 – $35.00 | Moderate |
| Laval | Quebec | $27.00 | $16.10 – $36.35 | Moderate |
| Lanaudière | Quebec | $27.50 | $21.00 – $38.00 | Moderate |
| Laurentides | Quebec | $27.50 | $21.00 – $38.00 | Moderate |
| Outaouais | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Limited |
| Abitibi-Témiscamingue | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Limited |
| Mauricie | Quebec | $27.50 | $21.00 – $38.00 | Limited |
| Saguenay--Lac-Saint-Jean | Quebec | $29.80 | $22.00 – $33.80 | Limited |
| Côte-Nord | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Nord-du-Québec | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Ottawa | Ontario | $30.00 | $21.00 – $40.85 | Moderate |
| Kingston--Pembroke | Ontario | $30.00 | $21.00 – $40.85 | Moderate |
| Muskoka--Kawarthas | Ontario | $30.00 | $21.00 – $40.85 | Limited |
| Toronto | Ontario | $30.00 | $17.60 – $41.67 | Limited |
| Kitchener--Waterloo--Barrie | Ontario | $30.00 | $22.00 – $36.75 | Limited |
| Hamilton--Niagara Peninsula | Ontario | $32.00 | $23.50 – $36.00 | Moderate |
| London | Ontario | $32.00 | $22.00 – $36.00 | Limited |
| Windsor--Sarnia | Ontario | $28.50 | $22.00 – $40.00 | Very limited |
| Stratford--Bruce Peninsula | Ontario | $30.00 | $21.00 – $40.85 | Limited |
| Northeast | Ontario | $31.00 | $20.00 – $41.75 | Limited |
| Northwest | Ontario | $30.00 | $21.00 – $40.85 | Limited |
| Southeast | Manitoba | $28.96 | $22.39 – $35.67 | Undetermined |
| South Central | Manitoba | $28.95 | $23.20 – $36.89 | Undetermined |
| Winnipeg | Manitoba | $28.00 | $19.00 – $40.00 | Moderate |
| Interlake | Manitoba | Not published | Not published | Limited |
| Regina--Moose Mountain | Saskatchewan | $35.00 | $30.00 – $38.00 | Limited |
| Saskatoon--Biggar | Saskatchewan | $35.75 | $28.85 – $45.00 | Moderate |
| Prince Albert | Saskatchewan | $35.00 | $28.85 – $45.00 | Limited |
| Northern | Saskatchewan | Not published | Not published | Limited |
| Lethbridge--Medicine Hat | Alberta | $36.50 | $25.00 – $45.00 | Limited |
| Camrose--Drumheller | Alberta | $35.59 | $26.89 – $47.69 | Limited |
| Calgary | Alberta | $40.00 | $17.00 – $48.08 | Limited |
| Banff--Jasper--Rocky Mountain House | Alberta | $35.74 | $26.20 – $44.65 | Limited |
| Red Deer | Alberta | $33.51 | $25.68 – $44.32 | Limited |
| Edmonton | Alberta | $36.50 | $25.00 – $45.00 | Limited |
| Athabasca--Grande Prairie--Peace River | Alberta | $36.50 | $25.00 – $45.00 | Limited |
| Vancouver Island and Coast | British Columbia | $39.96 | $30.24 – $48.46 | Limited |
| Lower Mainland | British Columbia | $39.00 | $25.00 – $46.00 | Moderate |
| Thompson--Okanagan | British Columbia | $37.50 | $25.00 – $45.00 | Moderate |
| Kootenay | British Columbia | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Cariboo | British Columbia | $38.81 | $29.34 – $49.08 | Limited |
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) · Employment Insurance Survey Data (2023-2024).
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.