NOC 2021 · 72105 · TEER 2
Ironworkers
Unit group 72105 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
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What this group covers
Ironworkers fabricate, erect, hoist, install, repair and service structural ironwork, precast concrete, concrete reinforcing materials, curtain walls, ornamental iron and other metals used in the construction of buildings, bridges, highways, dams and other structures and equipment. They are employed by construction ironwork contractors. 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.
- apprentice ironworker
- apprentice metal structure erector
- bridge construction ironworker
- building systems erector
- curtain wall installation ironworker
- generalist steel structure erector
- iron structure erector
- ironworker
- ironworker - metal building systems erector
- ironworker - ornamental
- ironworker - reinforcing rebar
- ironworker apprentice
- ironworker generalist
- journeyman/woman ironworker
- journeyman/woman reinforcing ironworker
- metal scaffold erector
- metal structure erector
- metal tank erecting ironworker
- metal wall framing installer
- metal wall framing ironworker
- metal wall installation ironworker
- ornamental ironworker
- ornamental-metal worker
- precast concrete erector
- reinforcing ironworker
- reinforcing rodworker
- reinforcing steel ironworker
- rodworker apprentice
- steel door setting ironworker
- structural iron erector
- structural ironworker
- structural metal erector
- structural steel erector
- tower crane erector
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
$43.00 an hour
Low $29.00, high $49.80
Where it pays most
- Kingston--Pembroke · Ontario$47.38
- Muskoka--Kawarthas · Ontario$45.05
- Kitchener--Waterloo--Barrie · Ontario$44.98
- Windsor--Sarnia · Ontario$44.98
- Ottawa · Ontario$44.55
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 | $41.09 | $32.00 – $48.11 | Limited |
| Prince Edward Island | Not published | Not published | Undetermined |
| Nova Scotia | $36.71 | $24.72 – $47.35 | Good |
| New Brunswick | $38.00 | $26.00 – $48.36 | Moderate |
| Quebec | $44.23 | $35.10 – $48.60 | Very limited |
| Ontario | $44.34 | $32.27 – $50.25 | Moderate |
| Manitoba | $35.00 | $25.07 – $48.00 | Very limited |
| Saskatchewan | $39.08 | $25.00 – $46.92 | Moderate |
| Alberta | $40.60 | $27.00 – $51.00 | Limited |
| British Columbia | $38.09 | $26.00 – $50.59 | Very limited |
| Yukon Territory | Not published | Not published | Undetermined |
| Northwest Territories | Not published | Not published | Undetermined |
| Nunavut | Not published | Not published | Undetermined |
By economic region
The 53 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 | $41.49 | $33.60 – $48.00 | Limited |
| South Coast--Burin Peninsula | Newfoundland and Labrador | Not published | Not published | Limited |
| West Coast--Northern Peninsula--Labrador | Newfoundland and Labrador | Not published | Not published | Limited |
| Notre Dame--Central Bonavista Bay | Newfoundland and Labrador | $40.00 | $29.50 – $49.18 | Limited |
| Cape Breton | Nova Scotia | $35.84 | $23.00 – $49.18 | Moderate |
| North Shore | Nova Scotia | $37.18 | $22.34 – $45.00 | Moderate |
| Annapolis Valley | Nova Scotia | $36.71 | $27.32 – $43.72 | Moderate |
| Southern | Nova Scotia | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Halifax | Nova Scotia | $36.60 | $25.63 – $47.74 | Good |
| Campbellton--Miramichi | New Brunswick | $41.00 | $32.45 – $50.00 | Very limited |
| Moncton--Richibucto | New Brunswick | $35.44 | $24.00 – $44.35 | Moderate |
| Saint John--St. Stephen | New Brunswick | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Fredericton--Oromocto | New Brunswick | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Edmundston--Woodstock | New Brunswick | Not published | Not published | Very limited |
| Gaspésie--Îles-de-la-Madeleine | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Limited |
| Bas-Saint-Laurent | Quebec | $44.34 | $37.69 – $48.66 | Limited |
| Capitale-Nationale | Quebec | $44.18 | $37.69 – $48.66 | Moderate |
| Chaudière-Appalaches | Quebec | $44.34 | $34.38 – $48.66 | Moderate |
| Estrie | Quebec | $44.34 | $37.88 – $48.62 | Moderate |
| Centre-du-Québec | Quebec | $44.34 | $36.10 – $48.67 | Limited |
| Montérégie | Quebec | $44.34 | $31.20 – $50.00 | Very limited |
| Montréal | Quebec | $43.45 | $31.04 – $45.25 | Very limited |
| Laval | Quebec | $43.45 | $30.96 – $45.45 | Very limited |
| Lanaudière | Quebec | $44.25 | $36.93 – $48.11 | Very limited |
| Laurentides | Quebec | $44.34 | $38.49 – $48.12 | Limited |
| Outaouais | Quebec | $44.34 | $36.10 – $50.50 | Very limited |
| Mauricie | Quebec | $44.00 | $31.45 – $48.48 | Limited |
| Saguenay--Lac-Saint-Jean | Quebec | $44.00 | $27.00 – $47.51 | Moderate |
| Ottawa | Ontario | $44.55 | $31.55 – $50.50 | Moderate |
| Kingston--Pembroke | Ontario | $47.38 | $39.85 – $52.92 | Moderate |
| Muskoka--Kawarthas | Ontario | $45.05 | $33.00 – $52.69 | Moderate |
| Toronto | Ontario | $44.23 | $34.00 – $49.47 | Moderate |
| Kitchener--Waterloo--Barrie | Ontario | $44.98 | $32.82 – $52.17 | Moderate |
| Hamilton--Niagara Peninsula | Ontario | $44.05 | $28.49 – $50.12 | Moderate |
| London | Ontario | $43.30 | $27.50 – $50.25 | Moderate |
| Windsor--Sarnia | Ontario | $44.98 | $32.67 – $50.00 | Moderate |
| Stratford--Bruce Peninsula | Ontario | $44.52 | $28.00 – $53.25 | Moderate |
| Northeast | Ontario | $44.04 | $31.26 – $51.98 | Moderate |
| Northwest | Ontario | $44.53 | $32.27 – $50.00 | Undetermined |
| Winnipeg | Manitoba | $33.99 | $25.05 – $48.11 | Very limited |
| Regina--Moose Mountain | Saskatchewan | $39.47 | $25.48 – $46.81 | Good |
| Swift Current--Moose Jaw | Saskatchewan | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Saskatoon--Biggar | Saskatchewan | $38.00 | $23.73 – $46.81 | Moderate |
| Yorkton--Melville | Saskatchewan | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Lethbridge--Medicine Hat | Alberta | Not published | Not published | Limited |
| Calgary | Alberta | $40.00 | $25.50 – $49.09 | Limited |
| Banff--Jasper--Rocky Mountain House | Alberta | Not published | Not published | Limited |
| Red Deer | Alberta | Not published | Not published | Limited |
| Edmonton | Alberta | $42.79 | $28.04 – $51.08 | Limited |
| Athabasca--Grande Prairie--Peace River | Alberta | $40.80 | $28.00 – $53.46 | Limited |
| Vancouver Island and Coast | British Columbia | $41.00 | $25.80 – $54.33 | Very limited |
| Lower Mainland | British Columbia | $38.09 | $26.00 – $50.59 | Very limited |
| Thompson--Okanagan | British Columbia | $43.00 | $27.00 – $56.19 | Very 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 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.