NOC 2021 · 72404 · TEER 2
Aircraft mechanics and aircraft inspectors
Unit group 72404 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
What this group covers
Aircraft mechanics maintain, repair, overhaul, modify and test aircraft structural, mechanical and hydraulic systems. Aircraft inspectors inspect aircraft and aircraft systems following manufacture, modification, maintenance, repair or overhaul. Aircraft mechanics and aircraft inspectors are employed by aircraft manufacturing, maintenance, repair and overhaul establishments, and by airlines and other aircraft operators. 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.
- aero-engine mechanic
- aero-engine technician
- aircraft accessories mechanic
- aircraft accessories overhaul mechanic
- aircraft accessories overhaul technician
- aircraft accessories repairer
- aircraft accessories repairman/woman
- aircraft body repairer
- aircraft composite and sheet metal repairer
- aircraft engine accessories overhaul mechanic
- aircraft engine inspector
- aircraft engine mechanic
- aircraft engine mechanical systems overhaul inspector
- aircraft engine mechanical systems technician
- aircraft engine overhaul inspector
- aircraft engine overhaul mechanic
- aircraft engine repair and overhaul mechanic
- aircraft engine technician
- aircraft engine tester
- aircraft gas turbine engine technician
- aircraft hydraulics inspector
- aircraft hydraulics mechanic
- aircraft hydraulics shop technician
- aircraft hydraulics technician
- aircraft hydraulics tester
- aircraft inspector
- aircraft maintenance engineer (AME) (except avionics)
- aircraft maintenance mechanic apprentice
- aircraft maintenance technician
- aircraft mechanic
- aircraft mechanic experimental
- aircraft mechanic learner
- aircraft mechanical and fuel systems overhaul and repair mechanic
- aircraft mechanical systems flight tests inspector
- aircraft mechanical systems inspector
- aircraft mechanical systems junior mechanic
- aircraft mechanical systems maintenance technician
- aircraft mechanical systems mechanic
- aircraft mechanical systems modification mechanic
- aircraft mechanical systems preflight mechanic
- aircraft mechanical systems repair and overhaul inspector
- aircraft mechanical systems repair inspector
- aircraft mechanical systems repair shop inspector
- aircraft mechanical systems technician
- aircraft plumbing and hydraulics mechanic
- aircraft power plant mechanic
- aircraft propeller inspector
- aircraft propeller systems technician
- aircraft propulsion technician
- aircraft reciprocating engine technician
- aircraft repair and overhaul inspector
- aircraft repair shop inspector
- aircraft rotary mechanical systems technician
- aircraft safety systems mechanic
- aircraft sheet metal technician
- aircraft skin repairer
- aircraft structural repair technician
- aircraft structural technician
- aircraft structures technician - Canadian Armed Forces
- aircraft systems inspector
- airframe mechanic
- apprentice aircraft maintenance engineer (AME)
- apprentice aircraft mechanical systems mechanic
- aviation maintenance inspector
- aviation mechanical component shop technician
- certified aircraft technician
- composite repair technician - aircraft
- engine accessories overhaul mechanic
- experimental aircraft mechanic
- flight line mechanic
- flight test aircraft mechanic
- flight test inspector
- gas turbine engine mechanic
- helicopter mechanic
- helicopter mechanical systems inspector
- mechanical systems aircraft maintenance engineer (AME)
- preflight mechanic
- propulsion technician
- rotorcraft aircraft maintenance engineer (AME)
- rotorcraft maintenance engineer
- rotorcraft mechanical systems technician
- structural repair technician
- structures aircraft maintenance engineer (AME)
- structures mechanic
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 $24.48, high $52.88
Where it pays most
- Edmonton · Alberta$44.50
- Athabasca--Grande Prairie--Peace River · Alberta$44.50
- Wood Buffalo--Cold Lake · Alberta$44.50
- Laurentides · Quebec$43.89
- Toronto · Ontario$43.30
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 | $37.00 | $20.19 – $72.12 | Good |
| Prince Edward Island | $27.00 | $20.00 – $35.00 | Good |
| Nova Scotia | $39.00 | $24.99 – $50.00 | Moderate |
| New Brunswick | $39.53 | $29.30 – $54.60 | Undetermined |
| Quebec | $39.00 | $28.00 – $57.00 | Moderate |
| Ontario | $38.00 | $22.00 – $52.66 | Good |
| Manitoba | $33.12 | $20.10 – $45.67 | Moderate |
| Saskatchewan | $40.00 | $25.00 – $51.00 | Moderate |
| Alberta | $44.50 | $36.50 – $51.90 | Good |
| British Columbia | $39.00 | $28.00 – $51.00 | Moderate |
| Yukon Territory | $43.28 | $36.02 – $56.02 | Limited |
| Northwest Territories | $41.71 | $27.78 – $56.90 | Undetermined |
| Nunavut | Not published | Not published | Undetermined |
By economic region
The 51 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 | $42.00 | $20.00 – $57.69 | Good |
| South Coast--Burin Peninsula | Newfoundland and Labrador | Not published | Not published | Good |
| West Coast--Northern Peninsula--Labrador | Newfoundland and Labrador | $41.95 | $30.24 – $53.10 | Good |
| Notre Dame--Central Bonavista Bay | Newfoundland and Labrador | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Cape Breton | Nova Scotia | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| North Shore | Nova Scotia | $36.05 | $24.91 – $45.74 | Moderate |
| Annapolis Valley | Nova Scotia | $36.45 | $26.19 – $46.84 | Moderate |
| Southern | Nova Scotia | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Halifax | Nova Scotia | $37.00 | $22.00 – $52.63 | Moderate |
| Fredericton--Oromocto | New Brunswick | $38.59 | $29.73 – $51.16 | Undetermined |
| Capitale-Nationale | Quebec | $38.76 | $26.96 – $45.88 | Limited |
| Estrie | Quebec | $37.68 | $27.58 – $45.79 | Undetermined |
| Montérégie | Quebec | $43.00 | $30.79 – $54.31 | Moderate |
| Montréal | Quebec | $41.42 | $28.49 – $50.81 | Moderate |
| Laval | Quebec | $42.00 | $30.00 – $55.00 | Moderate |
| Lanaudière | Quebec | $42.27 | $31.10 – $52.56 | Moderate |
| Laurentides | Quebec | $43.89 | $30.54 – $56.31 | Moderate |
| Outaouais | Quebec | $41.62 | $27.81 – $49.83 | Undetermined |
| Abitibi-Témiscamingue | Quebec | $40.42 | $28.26 – $47.22 | Undetermined |
| Mauricie | Quebec | $37.90 | $26.28 – $45.46 | Moderate |
| Saguenay--Lac-Saint-Jean | Quebec | $38.36 | $29.66 – $46.85 | Limited |
| Ottawa | Ontario | $41.75 | $28.00 – $72.12 | Very good |
| Kingston--Pembroke | Ontario | $40.98 | $28.50 – $52.63 | Moderate |
| Muskoka--Kawarthas | Ontario | $37.12 | $24.98 – $48.47 | Good |
| Toronto | Ontario | $43.30 | $28.55 – $58.73 | Good |
| Kitchener--Waterloo--Barrie | Ontario | $42.25 | $28.99 – $57.47 | Good |
| Hamilton--Niagara Peninsula | Ontario | $40.00 | $20.00 – $52.88 | Good |
| London | Ontario | $37.35 | $24.13 – $48.47 | Good |
| Windsor--Sarnia | Ontario | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Northeast | Ontario | $39.47 | $25.61 – $51.91 | Moderate |
| Northwest | Ontario | $42.63 | $33.19 – $51.28 | Moderate |
| Southeast | Manitoba | $33.12 | $20.10 – $45.67 | Moderate |
| South Central | Manitoba | $34.57 | $24.53 – $49.31 | Undetermined |
| Winnipeg | Manitoba | $33.30 | $18.00 – $41.00 | Moderate |
| Interlake | Manitoba | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Parklands | Manitoba | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| North | Manitoba | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Regina--Moose Mountain | Saskatchewan | $42.09 | $29.37 – $52.74 | Undetermined |
| Swift Current--Moose Jaw | Saskatchewan | $39.50 | $28.36 – $46.35 | Good |
| Saskatoon--Biggar | Saskatchewan | $39.30 | $27.56 – $50.06 | Undetermined |
| Prince Albert | Saskatchewan | $39.50 | $26.98 – $47.61 | Undetermined |
| Calgary | Alberta | $42.00 | $36.06 – $46.15 | Good |
| Banff--Jasper--Rocky Mountain House | Alberta | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Red Deer | Alberta | Not published | Not published | Very good |
| Edmonton | Alberta | $44.50 | $36.50 – $51.90 | Very good |
| Athabasca--Grande Prairie--Peace River | Alberta | $44.50 | $36.50 – $51.90 | Good |
| Wood Buffalo--Cold Lake | Alberta | $44.50 | $36.50 – $51.90 | Moderate |
| Vancouver Island and Coast | British Columbia | $39.96 | $24.00 – $74.52 | Moderate |
| Lower Mainland | British Columbia | $38.00 | $28.00 – $52.88 | Moderate |
| Thompson--Okanagan | British Columbia | $41.33 | $30.26 – $52.24 | Moderate |
| Cariboo | British Columbia | Not published | Not published | 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).
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.