NOC 2021 · 75110 · TEER 5
Construction trades helpers and labourers
Unit group 75110 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
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What this group covers
Construction trades helpers and labourers assist skilled tradespersons and perform labouring activities at construction sites, in quarries and in surface mines. They are employed by construction companies, trade and labour contractors, and surface mine and quarry operators.
Example job titles
As Statistics Canada publishes them. Yours may be worded differently and still belong here.
- access floor installer helper
- air breaker operator
- air gun operator
- air hammer operator - construction
- air lock tender
- air tool operator
- air track drill operator helper
- asbestos fibre preparer
- asbestos remover
- asbestos worker - construction
- asphalt cold patcher
- asphalt mixer
- asphalt plant labourer - construction
- asphalt raker
- asphalt roofer helper
- asphalt spreader
- asphalt worker - road
- awning installer helper
- batterboard setter
- bending machine operator - pipelines
- bill poster
- bituminous paving labourer
- bituminous paving machine operator
- blacktop raker
- blacktop spreader
- brick cleaner
- bricklayer helper
- brickmason's helper
- bridge gang worker - construction
- building and house wrecker
- building painter helper
- building wrecker
- cabinetmaker's helper
- carpenter helper
- carpet layer helper
- carpet mechanics helper
- caulker - construction
- cement and concrete pump tender
- cement finisher helper
- cement gun nozzle operator
- cement gun operator
- cement mixer operator - construction
- cement pump operator
- churn drill operator helper - water well
- clamper - construction
- concrete block pourer
- concrete breaker
- concrete finisher helper
- concrete float pourer
- concrete former helper
- concrete gun operator
- concrete mixer helper
- concrete mixer operator - construction
- concrete mixer operator helper - highway construction
- concrete paver operator helper
- concrete paving labourer
- concrete pourer - construction
- concrete pump operator
- concrete spreader operator
- concrete waterproofer - construction
- construction craft labourer
- construction electrician helper
- construction helper
- construction labourer
- construction trades helper
- construction worker
- crane chaser
- crane hooker
- cupola spray reliner
- dampproofer helper
- deck worker
- demolition worker
- diamond driller helper - surface mining
- digger - construction
- ditch cleaner - construction
- door frame installer
- dope machine operator - pipelines
- dragline operator helper
- dredge worker
- driller helper - surface mining
- drywall and acoustical board installer helper
- drywall sander
- earthworks labourer - construction
- excavation labourer
- excavation worker
- exterior cladder helper
- firebrick layer helper
- fitter helper - construction
- flagperson
- floor coverer helper
- floor layer's helper
- floor sander and finisher helper
- floorcovering installer helper
- floorcovering mechanic helper
- form remover - construction
- form stripper - construction
- foundation dampproofer helper
- foundation drill operator helper
- foundation waterproofer - construction
- framer helper - construction
- gas line fuser
- gas pipe fuser
- gas pipelayer - construction
- general construction labourer
- glass setter helper
- glass worker helper - construction
- glazier helper
- grade tamper - construction
- grout machine operator
- grout pump operator
- grouter
- gunite mixer - construction
- guniter - construction
- highway concrete mixer operator helper
- highway maintenance worker
- highway sign erector
- horizontal earth-boring machine helper
- hoseman/woman insulation helper
- industrial chimney repairer-mason helper
- insulation blower
- insulation blower helper
- insulation blower operator
- insulation hoseman/woman
- insulator helper
- interior and exterior wall erector helper
- interior finisher helper
- interior wall finisher helper
- ironworker helper
- jackhammer operator - construction
- joiner helper - construction
- lightning rod erector helper
- maintenance carpenter helper
- manual concrete vibrator operator
- manual curb builder
- manual stone spreader operator
- manual terrazzo grinder
- marble setter helper
- masonry pointer and caulker
- mason's helper
- measurer
- metal form setter - construction
- metal roofer helper - construction
- metal scaffold erector helper
- metal trim erector helper
- mole operator helper - construction
- monument erector
- monument setter
- mud jack operator
- nozzle worker - pile driving
- oil burner installer helper
- ornamental iron erector helper
- ornamental metal worker helper
- painter and decorator helper
- painter helper - construction
- paper latcher - construction
- paperhanger helper - construction
- pavement line painter
- pavement line painter helper
- pavement striper
- paving operations labourer
- pile driver operator helper - crane operation
- pile driver operator's helper
- pile driving chainman/woman
- pile driving ground worker
- pile-driving lead placer helper
- pipe aligner - pipeline construction
- pipe doper - construction
- pipe-cleaning and covering machine operator
- pipefitter helper - construction
- pipelayer - construction
- pipelayer - drainage systems
- pipelayer - irrigation
- pipeline caulker
- pipeline labourer
- pipeline mandrel operator
- pipeline welder helper
- pipeline worker - construction
- pipeline-liner installer
- pit bottom worker
- plasterer helper
- plate fitter helper - construction
- plumber helper
- pneumatic drill operator - construction
- pneumatic hammer operator - construction
- post hole driller
- power curber tender
- power shovel operator helper
- precast concrete caulker
- preheater tender - pipelines
- quarry dump attendant
- quarry labourer
- refractory bricklayer helper
- reinforcing wire mesh worker
- renovation carpenter helper
- rigger - construction
- rigger (except shipbuilding and aircraft assembly)
- rigger's helper - construction
- rip-rap placer
- road form setter
- road mixer operator helper
- road spray truck helper
- roofer helper
- rotary driller helper - water well
- scaffold erector
- scaffold erector helper
- scaffolder
- seam caulker - construction
- seat installer - construction
- sewage pipelayer
- sewer digger
- sheather helper
- sheet metal worker helper - construction
- shore dredging labourer
- sider helper
- skid setter - pipeline construction
- slinger - construction
- slip form curb machine tender
- smelter liner
- spacer - pipeline construction
- spray truck helper
- spreader box tender
- stabber
- stabber - pipeline construction
- steam fitter's helper - construction
- steel erector helper
- steel form setting worker
- steel forms setter helper
- structural plate fitter helper - construction
- structural steel erector helper
- tamper operator
- tamper operator - construction
- tank builder helper
- terrazzo finisher helper
- terrazzo layer helper
- terrazzo machine grinder
- terrazzo mechanic helper
- terrazzo polisher helper
- tile layer helper
- tile setter helper
- tinsmith helper - construction
- tombstone erector
- tombstone setter
- trades helper - construction
- trench digger
- tunnelling machine operator helper - construction
- underground labourer - construction
- vanity and kitchen cupboard installer helper
- vibrator roller operator
- vibratory compactor operator
- wallboard sander
- water pipe installer
- water well driller helper
- waterproofer - construction
- waterproofer helper
- welder-fitter helper - construction
- window caulker
- wire mesh setter
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
$25.00 an hour
Low $18.25, high $40.00
Where it pays most
- Lanaudière · Quebec$32.52
- Laval · Quebec$32.46
- Montréal · Quebec$32.44
- Montérégie · Quebec$30.62
- Laurentides · Quebec$30.08
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 | $22.00 | $16.00 – $39.45 | Limited |
| Prince Edward Island | $21.50 | $17.00 – $29.00 | Very good |
| Nova Scotia | $21.00 | $16.50 – $29.74 | Good |
| New Brunswick | $20.00 | $16.00 – $26.00 | Moderate |
| Quebec | $29.85 | $20.00 – $37.80 | Very limited |
| Ontario | $27.00 | $18.50 – $42.00 | Moderate |
| Manitoba | $22.00 | $17.50 – $31.25 | Limited |
| Saskatchewan | $23.00 | $17.00 – $31.00 | Good |
| Alberta | $25.00 | $19.00 – $35.00 | Moderate |
| British Columbia | $25.00 | $20.00 – $38.50 | Limited |
| Yukon Territory | $28.50 | $24.00 – $34.71 | Moderate |
| Northwest Territories | $25.00 | $20.84 – $30.00 | Moderate |
| Nunavut | $29.00 | $22.00 – $42.00 | Good |
By economic region
The 72 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 | $21.00 | $16.35 – $40.00 | Limited |
| South Coast--Burin Peninsula | Newfoundland and Labrador | $22.50 | $16.00 – $39.45 | Limited |
| West Coast--Northern Peninsula--Labrador | Newfoundland and Labrador | $22.00 | $16.00 – $30.31 | Limited |
| Notre Dame--Central Bonavista Bay | Newfoundland and Labrador | $22.50 | $16.00 – $39.45 | Limited |
| Cape Breton | Nova Scotia | $24.00 | $17.00 – $38.46 | Good |
| North Shore | Nova Scotia | $20.50 | $18.00 – $26.00 | Good |
| Annapolis Valley | Nova Scotia | $21.00 | $16.50 – $29.74 | Good |
| Southern | Nova Scotia | $21.00 | $16.50 – $29.74 | Good |
| Halifax | Nova Scotia | $21.00 | $16.50 – $28.00 | Good |
| Campbellton--Miramichi | New Brunswick | $22.72 | $16.00 – $28.70 | Moderate |
| Moncton--Richibucto | New Brunswick | $20.00 | $16.00 – $25.00 | Moderate |
| Saint John--St. Stephen | New Brunswick | $20.00 | $16.00 – $26.00 | Moderate |
| Fredericton--Oromocto | New Brunswick | $20.00 | $17.00 – $23.00 | Moderate |
| Edmundston--Woodstock | New Brunswick | $20.00 | $17.00 – $25.00 | Moderate |
| Gaspésie--Îles-de-la-Madeleine | Quebec | $26.37 | $19.00 – $37.00 | Limited |
| Bas-Saint-Laurent | Quebec | $24.56 | $19.00 – $37.00 | Limited |
| Capitale-Nationale | Quebec | $30.00 | $21.00 – $38.00 | Very limited |
| Chaudière-Appalaches | Quebec | $26.00 | $20.00 – $37.16 | Very limited |
| Estrie | Quebec | $26.00 | $19.80 – $38.19 | Very limited |
| Centre-du-Québec | Quebec | $25.00 | $20.00 – $37.68 | Limited |
| Montérégie | Quebec | $30.62 | $20.00 – $38.00 | Very limited |
| Montréal | Quebec | $32.44 | $20.10 – $37.56 | Very limited |
| Laval | Quebec | $32.46 | $20.50 – $38.00 | Very limited |
| Lanaudière | Quebec | $32.52 | $20.50 – $38.00 | Very limited |
| Laurentides | Quebec | $30.08 | $20.60 – $38.00 | Very limited |
| Outaouais | Quebec | $30.00 | $20.00 – $38.04 | Very limited |
| Abitibi-Témiscamingue | Quebec | $27.00 | $20.00 – $36.68 | Very limited |
| Mauricie | Quebec | $25.00 | $19.00 – $37.00 | Very limited |
| Saguenay--Lac-Saint-Jean | Quebec | $26.00 | $20.00 – $38.00 | Very limited |
| Côte-Nord | Quebec | $28.00 | $19.00 – $38.59 | Limited |
| Nord-du-Québec | Quebec | $28.00 | $20.00 – $37.56 | Limited |
| Ottawa | Ontario | $25.00 | $18.00 – $39.41 | Moderate |
| Kingston--Pembroke | Ontario | $23.00 | $18.00 – $40.00 | Moderate |
| Muskoka--Kawarthas | Ontario | $27.00 | $18.50 – $42.00 | Moderate |
| Toronto | Ontario | $30.00 | $18.00 – $43.50 | Good |
| Kitchener--Waterloo--Barrie | Ontario | $30.00 | $20.00 – $42.70 | Moderate |
| Hamilton--Niagara Peninsula | Ontario | $27.00 | $18.50 – $42.00 | Moderate |
| London | Ontario | $26.00 | $19.00 – $39.00 | Moderate |
| Windsor--Sarnia | Ontario | $27.00 | $20.00 – $39.00 | Moderate |
| Stratford--Bruce Peninsula | Ontario | $27.00 | $20.00 – $35.00 | Moderate |
| Northeast | Ontario | $23.08 | $17.60 – $36.00 | Moderate |
| Northwest | Ontario | $26.00 | $20.00 – $37.50 | Moderate |
| Southeast | Manitoba | $20.00 | $16.00 – $28.00 | Limited |
| South Central | Manitoba | $22.00 | $18.00 – $30.00 | Limited |
| Southwest | Manitoba | $23.00 | $18.00 – $31.25 | Limited |
| North Central | Manitoba | $22.00 | $18.00 – $30.00 | Limited |
| Winnipeg | Manitoba | $23.35 | $18.00 – $35.65 | Limited |
| Interlake | Manitoba | $20.00 | $16.00 – $30.00 | Limited |
| Parklands | Manitoba | $21.00 | $16.00 – $28.00 | Limited |
| North | Manitoba | $21.00 | $16.00 – $28.00 | Limited |
| Regina--Moose Mountain | Saskatchewan | $23.00 | $18.00 – $31.00 | Good |
| Swift Current--Moose Jaw | Saskatchewan | $23.00 | $15.35 – $28.00 | Good |
| Saskatoon--Biggar | Saskatchewan | $23.00 | $17.00 – $31.00 | Good |
| Yorkton--Melville | Saskatchewan | $24.00 | $15.35 – $35.00 | Good |
| Prince Albert | Saskatchewan | $24.00 | $15.35 – $28.50 | Moderate |
| Northern | Saskatchewan | $24.00 | $15.35 – $28.50 | Moderate |
| Lethbridge--Medicine Hat | Alberta | $25.00 | $17.00 – $39.00 | Moderate |
| Camrose--Drumheller | Alberta | $25.25 | $17.00 – $36.75 | Moderate |
| Calgary | Alberta | $26.00 | $20.00 – $35.81 | Moderate |
| Banff--Jasper--Rocky Mountain House | Alberta | $25.00 | $19.00 – $35.00 | Moderate |
| Red Deer | Alberta | $25.22 | $17.15 – $36.93 | Moderate |
| Edmonton | Alberta | $28.00 | $21.00 – $44.58 | Moderate |
| Athabasca--Grande Prairie--Peace River | Alberta | $26.82 | $20.00 – $35.00 | Moderate |
| Wood Buffalo--Cold Lake | Alberta | $29.01 | $18.86 – $44.77 | Limited |
| Vancouver Island and Coast | British Columbia | $25.00 | $20.00 – $39.00 | Limited |
| Lower Mainland | British Columbia | $25.00 | $19.78 – $39.00 | Limited |
| Thompson--Okanagan | British Columbia | $27.00 | $22.00 – $35.00 | Limited |
| Kootenay | British Columbia | $26.95 | $18.27 – $39.85 | Limited |
| Cariboo | British Columbia | $25.00 | $18.00 – $35.00 | Very limited |
| North Coast | British Columbia | $25.02 | $18.15 – $39.57 | Limited |
| Nechako | British Columbia | Not published | Not published | Limited |
| Northeast | British Columbia | $28.61 | $19.36 – $43.69 | 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) · Employment Insurance Survey Data (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.