NOC 2021 · 94122 · TEER 4
Paper converting machine operators
Unit group 94122 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
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What this group covers
Paper converting machine operators operate various machines which fabricate and assemble paper products such as paper bags, containers, boxes, envelopes and similar articles. They are employed by paper products manufacturing companies.
Example job titles
As Statistics Canada publishes them. Yours may be worded differently and still belong here.
- automatic carton maker - paper converting
- automatic carton-making machine operator - paper converting
- automatic paper-cutting machine operator - paper converting
- bag maker - paper converting
- bag repairer - paper products
- bag-making machine set-up operator - paper converting
- book cover creaser
- book jacket machine tender
- box cutter - paper converting
- box finisher - paper converting
- box gluer - paper converting
- box liner - paper converting
- box maker - paper converting
- box maker operator
- button envelope machine tender
- carbon coater operator
- carbon paper cutter
- carbon-coating machine operator
- carbon-paper-making machine operator
- cardboard box gluer
- cardboard box maker - paper converting
- cardboard box press operator
- cardboard maker - paper converting
- cardboard-tube-winding machine operator - paper converting
- carton assembler - paper converting
- carton forming machine operator
- carton gluer
- carton-making machine operator
- coater-laminator - paper products
- cone former - paper converting
- cone winder - paper converting
- core cutter - paper converting
- core maker - paper converting
- core winder - paper converting
- core-winding machine operator - paper converting
- corrugated box cutter - paper converting
- corrugating machine operator - paper converting
- corrugating machine operator-cutter - paper converting
- corrugator operator - paper converting
- corrugator operator-cutter - paper converting
- creaser - paper converting
- creping machine operator - paper converting
- cutting and creasing press operator - paper converting
- diaper machine tender - paper converting
- diaper-folding machine tender - paper converting
- die-cutting machine operator - paper products
- drill punch tender - paper converting
- envelope flap-button machine tender - paper converting
- envelope machine operator
- envelope machine tender - paper converting
- envelope maker operator
- envelope-flap-cutting machine setter
- envelope-flap-gumming machine tender - paper converting
- envelope-making machine operator
- envelope-making machine setter - paper converting
- flexo-folder operator - paper converting
- folding machine tender - paper converting
- friction paint machine tender - paper converting
- gumming machine tender - paper converting
- label cutter - paper converting
- laminating machine tender - paper converting
- liner machine operator - paper converting
- machine cardboard maker
- machine colour card maker
- machine envelope flap gummer - paper converting
- machine pad gluer - paper converting
- machine roll cutter - paper converting
- machine roll slitter - paper converting
- machine tube maker - paper converting
- machine tuber - paper converting
- matchbook comb-cutting machine tender
- matchbook folding-stapling machine tender
- packing carton assembler
- paper bag machine operator
- paper bag machine tender
- paper bag maker
- paper box machine operator
- paper box machine tender
- paper box maker - paper converting
- paper cone former - paper converting
- paper cone winder - paper converting
- paper cup machine tender - paper converting
- paper cutter - paper converting
- paper products inspector
- paper slitter operator
- paper twister tender - paper converting
- paper-converting machine operator
- paper-punch press tender - paper converting
- papier-mâché moulder
- partition assembly machine operator - paper converting
- partition slotter machine tender - paper converting
- platen press operator - paper converting
- revenue stamp cutter
- roll slicing machine tender - paper converting
- roll-cutting machine tender - paper converting
- rolling machine tender - paper converting
- roll-slitting machine tender - paper converting
- scorer - paper converting
- sealing machine tender - paper converting
- sleever - paper converting
- slitter-creaser - paper converting
- slitter-creaser feeder - paper converting
- slitter-creaser operator - paper converting
- slitter-scorer - paper converting
- slurry mixer
- stayer machine tender - paper converting
- tag machine tender - paper converting
- tube machine operator - paper converting
- varnishing machine tender
- wad compressor operator
- wallpaper lapper
- wallpaper lapper - paper converting
- wallpaper reeler
- wallpaper reeler - paper converting
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
$28.00 an hour
Low $18.00, high $34.00
Where it pays most
- Outaouais · Quebec$32.53
- Mauricie · Quebec$32.24
- Laurentides · Quebec$30.97
- Estrie · Quebec$30.64
- Lower Mainland · British Columbia$30.57
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 | Not published | Not published | Undetermined |
| Prince Edward Island | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Nova Scotia | $27.21 | $22.10 – $34.52 | Undetermined |
| New Brunswick | $26.00 | $18.75 – $30.29 | Moderate |
| Quebec | $30.00 | $16.10 – $33.00 | Moderate |
| Ontario | $28.13 | $21.41 – $37.81 | Moderate |
| Manitoba | $23.92 | $18.96 – $30.55 | Limited |
| Saskatchewan | Not published | Not published | Undetermined |
| Alberta | $24.12 | $18.95 – $35.59 | Undetermined |
| British Columbia | $30.23 | $21.42 – $40.05 | 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 25 economic regions where Job Bank publishes a wage or a rated outlook, of 72.
| Where | Province | Median hourly | Low to high | Outlook 2025–2027 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Halifax | Nova Scotia | $29.23 | $25.06 – $36.00 | Undetermined |
| Moncton--Richibucto | New Brunswick | $26.00 | $18.75 – $30.29 | Moderate |
| Saint John--St. Stephen | New Brunswick | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Fredericton--Oromocto | New Brunswick | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Chaudière-Appalaches | Quebec | $28.52 | $18.24 – $30.20 | Moderate |
| Estrie | Quebec | $30.64 | $21.98 – $37.72 | Limited |
| Centre-du-Québec | Quebec | $29.98 | $22.95 – $37.63 | Moderate |
| Montérégie | Quebec | $28.76 | $20.99 – $34.41 | Moderate |
| Montréal | Quebec | $27.40 | $19.94 – $33.51 | Moderate |
| Laval | Quebec | $29.60 | $22.38 – $34.68 | Moderate |
| Lanaudière | Quebec | $30.10 | $22.66 – $36.39 | Moderate |
| Laurentides | Quebec | $30.97 | $23.54 – $38.00 | Undetermined |
| Outaouais | Quebec | $32.53 | $24.76 – $44.19 | Moderate |
| Mauricie | Quebec | $32.24 | $22.45 – $40.25 | Undetermined |
| Kingston--Pembroke | Ontario | $28.37 | $23.08 – $34.65 | Moderate |
| Muskoka--Kawarthas | Ontario | $29.53 | $22.91 – $35.82 | Moderate |
| Toronto | Ontario | $28.35 | $21.71 – $34.70 | Limited |
| Kitchener--Waterloo--Barrie | Ontario | $27.83 | $22.63 – $28.95 | Moderate |
| Hamilton--Niagara Peninsula | Ontario | $29.33 | $21.62 – $35.35 | Limited |
| London | Ontario | $25.89 | $20.76 – $29.45 | Moderate |
| Windsor--Sarnia | Ontario | $28.94 | $23.73 – $34.16 | Moderate |
| Winnipeg | Manitoba | $23.73 | $19.35 – $29.44 | Limited |
| Interlake | Manitoba | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Calgary | Alberta | $22.19 | $19.18 – $32.04 | Undetermined |
| Lower Mainland | British Columbia | $30.57 | $21.98 – $39.19 | 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.