NOC 2021 · 94204 · TEER 4
Mechanical assemblers and inspectors
Unit group 94204 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
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What this group covers
Mechanical assemblers assemble a wide variety of mechanical products such as trucks, buses, snowmobiles, garden tractors, automotive engines, transmissions, outboard motors, gearboxes, hydraulic pumps and sewing machines. Inspectors check and inspect subassemblies and finished products to ensure proper quality and product specifications. They are employed by machinery and transportation equipment manufacturers and by other manufacturing companies.
Example job titles
As Statistics Canada publishes them. Yours may be worded differently and still belong here.
- agricultural equipment assembler
- agricultural equipment assembly inspector
- agricultural equipment bench assembler
- agricultural equipment inspector
- agricultural implement assembly inspector
- agricultural implement bench assembler
- agricultural implement gearcase assembler
- agricultural implements assembly inspector
- air-cooled engine assembler
- all-terrain vehicles inspector
- automobile gear assembler
- automotive engine accessories assembler
- automotive engine assembler
- automotive engine quality-control assembly inspector
- automotive production fitter
- automotive radiator assembler
- bench fitter - buses and trucks
- bus and truck floor framer
- bus and truck frame builder
- bus assembler
- bus parts inspector
- carburetor assembler
- carburetor assembly inspector
- clutch assembler
- clutch inspector
- clutch preassembler
- clutch rebuilder
- coach assembler - bus assembly
- cylinder head assembler
- diesel engine assembler
- diesel engine erector
- diesel engine tester
- differential assembler
- electric furnace assembler
- engine accessories inspector
- engine dynamometer tester
- exterior trailer finisher
- farm equipment assembly inspector
- farm implement assembler
- farm implement assembly inspector
- farm machinery dismantler
- firearms fitter
- food-packaging equipment assembly inspector
- fuel pump assembler
- garden machinery assembler
- gas furnace assembler
- gasoline engine assembler
- gasoline pump calibrator
- gasoline pump tester
- gear train assembler
- gearbox assembler
- gearcase assembler
- gearcase tester
- go-kart assembler
- gun assembler
- gun subassembler
- hydraulic hoist assembler
- hydraulic pump assembler
- interior trailer finisher
- internal combustion engine assembler
- light agricultural equipment assembler
- light agricultural machinery assembler
- light construction equipment assembler
- light farm equipment assembler
- light industrial truck assembler
- light material-handling equipment assembler
- machine try-out tester
- marine engine quality-control assembly inspector
- mechanical assembler
- mechanical assembler group leader
- mechanical assemblers lead hand
- mechanical pump assembler
- motor vehicle clutch assembly inspector
- outboard motor assembler - mechanical assembly
- outboard motor inspector and tester
- outboard motor prototype tester
- power lawn mower assembler
- power snowblower assembler
- radiator maker
- railway car assembler
- railway car liner
- railway car trimmer
- recreation vehicle assembler
- rotary tiller assembler
- sewing machine assembler
- sewing machine assembly tester
- small marine engine assembler
- snowmobile assembler
- snowmobile final inspector
- snowmobile inspector
- snowmobile test rider
- steel plate caulker - shipbuilding
- steering box assembler
- tooling and metalworking machine try-out tester
- tractor assembler
- trailer assembler
- trailer frame assembler
- transmission assembler
- transmission assembly inspector
- transmission assembly tester
- truck assembler
- truck assembly inspector
- truck body builder
- truck trailer assembler
- truck trailer builder
- truck trailer final inspector
- turbine assembly inspector and tester
- vending machine assembler
- vending machine tester
- water pump assembler
- wheelchair lift assembler
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
$26.00 an hour
Low $20.00, high $37.99
Where it pays most
- Edmonton · Alberta$31.00
- Halifax · Nova Scotia$29.21
- Lower Mainland · British Columbia$28.45
- Kitchener--Waterloo--Barrie · Ontario$28.05
- Windsor--Sarnia · Ontario$28.00
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 | $27.19 | $22.53 – $32.54 | Moderate |
| New Brunswick | $22.99 | $18.49 – $31.41 | Undetermined |
| Quebec | $25.40 | $20.00 – $32.43 | Moderate |
| Ontario | $26.84 | $21.63 – $38.08 | Limited |
| Manitoba | $21.00 | $18.00 – $30.00 | Moderate |
| Saskatchewan | $25.00 | $20.00 – $31.25 | Moderate |
| Alberta | $29.00 | $19.00 – $41.00 | Moderate |
| British Columbia | $28.33 | $20.53 – $35.75 | 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 49 economic regions where Job Bank publishes a wage or a rated outlook, of 72.
| Where | Province | Median hourly | Low to high | Outlook 2025–2027 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annapolis Valley | Nova Scotia | $27.46 | $24.13 – $31.47 | Undetermined |
| Halifax | Nova Scotia | $29.21 | $23.97 – $38.57 | Undetermined |
| Moncton--Richibucto | New Brunswick | $22.83 | $19.13 – $29.35 | Undetermined |
| Bas-Saint-Laurent | Quebec | $24.97 | $21.22 – $29.21 | Moderate |
| Capitale-Nationale | Quebec | $25.52 | $20.50 – $30.85 | Moderate |
| Chaudière-Appalaches | Quebec | $26.00 | $16.10 – $34.32 | Moderate |
| Estrie | Quebec | $25.50 | $20.60 – $33.00 | Moderate |
| Centre-du-Québec | Quebec | $25.37 | $20.20 – $30.60 | Moderate |
| Montérégie | Quebec | $25.83 | $20.63 – $31.70 | Moderate |
| Montréal | Quebec | $24.53 | $19.64 – $30.99 | Moderate |
| Laval | Quebec | $26.37 | $21.10 – $31.87 | Moderate |
| Lanaudière | Quebec | $27.18 | $21.11 – $34.41 | Moderate |
| Laurentides | Quebec | $27.51 | $21.69 – $34.85 | Moderate |
| Outaouais | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Abitibi-Témiscamingue | Quebec | $26.31 | $20.88 – $31.36 | Undetermined |
| Mauricie | Quebec | $23.35 | $18.74 – $28.36 | Moderate |
| Saguenay--Lac-Saint-Jean | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Ottawa | Ontario | $24.09 | $19.49 – $28.87 | Limited |
| Kingston--Pembroke | Ontario | $26.50 | $21.47 – $34.05 | Moderate |
| Muskoka--Kawarthas | Ontario | $25.95 | $22.06 – $33.20 | Limited |
| Toronto | Ontario | $23.00 | $21.00 – $30.05 | Limited |
| Kitchener--Waterloo--Barrie | Ontario | $28.05 | $22.00 – $38.08 | Limited |
| Hamilton--Niagara Peninsula | Ontario | $27.15 | $20.00 – $43.00 | Limited |
| London | Ontario | $25.96 | $21.00 – $39.10 | Limited |
| Windsor--Sarnia | Ontario | $28.00 | $23.06 – $43.49 | Moderate |
| Stratford--Bruce Peninsula | Ontario | $25.44 | $21.09 – $34.56 | Moderate |
| Northeast | Ontario | $25.71 | $21.27 – $34.55 | Undetermined |
| Northwest | Ontario | $27.32 | $23.47 – $64.88 | Moderate |
| Southeast | Manitoba | $25.39 | $19.82 – $29.71 | Undetermined |
| South Central | Manitoba | $20.00 | $18.00 – $25.50 | Moderate |
| Southwest | Manitoba | $23.68 | $19.40 – $28.84 | Undetermined |
| North Central | Manitoba | $20.00 | $18.00 – $25.50 | Moderate |
| Winnipeg | Manitoba | $22.00 | $18.00 – $30.00 | Moderate |
| Interlake | Manitoba | $22.18 | $17.87 – $25.53 | Undetermined |
| Regina--Moose Mountain | Saskatchewan | $22.00 | $21.00 – $31.00 | Moderate |
| Swift Current--Moose Jaw | Saskatchewan | $22.29 | $19.07 – $26.03 | Good |
| Saskatoon--Biggar | Saskatchewan | $26.50 | $20.00 – $31.28 | Limited |
| Yorkton--Melville | Saskatchewan | $26.27 | $19.57 – $29.32 | Moderate |
| Prince Albert | Saskatchewan | $26.79 | $22.31 – $32.57 | Good |
| Northern | Saskatchewan | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Lethbridge--Medicine Hat | Alberta | $24.09 | $20.78 – $28.59 | Moderate |
| Camrose--Drumheller | Alberta | $25.56 | $20.33 – $40.27 | Undetermined |
| Calgary | Alberta | $24.43 | $20.38 – $34.69 | Moderate |
| Banff--Jasper--Rocky Mountain House | Alberta | $26.92 | $22.20 – $35.09 | Undetermined |
| Red Deer | Alberta | $24.77 | $20.91 – $33.54 | Undetermined |
| Edmonton | Alberta | $31.00 | $19.00 – $41.00 | Moderate |
| Vancouver Island and Coast | British Columbia | $23.71 | $19.75 – $25.82 | Undetermined |
| Lower Mainland | British Columbia | $28.45 | $21.06 – $35.78 | Limited |
| Thompson--Okanagan | British Columbia | $24.51 | $22.23 – $29.29 | Moderate |
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.