NOC 2021 · 22100 · TEER 2
Chemical technologists and technicians
Unit group 22100 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
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What this group covers
Chemical technologists and technicians provide technical support and services or may work independently in chemical engineering, chemical and biochemical research and analysis, industrial chemistry, chemical quality control and environmental protection. They are employed by research and development and quality control laboratories, consulting engineering companies, in chemical, petrochemical, pharmaceutical and a variety of other manufacturing and processing industries, and by utilities, health, educational and government establishments.
Example job titles
As Statistics Canada publishes them. Yours may be worded differently and still belong here.
- analytical chemistry technician
- analytical chemistry technologist
- biochemistry laboratory technician
- biochemistry laboratory technologist
- biochemistry technician (except medical)
- biochemistry technologist
- biochemistry technologist (except medical)
- brewery technician
- brewery technician - applied chemistry
- cellulose film solutions tester
- chemical analysis specialist
- chemical analyst
- chemical engineering technician
- chemical engineering technologist
- chemical forensic lab analyst
- chemical laboratory analyst
- chemical laboratory supervisor
- chemical laboratory technician
- chemical laboratory technologist
- chemical process analyst
- chemical process technologist
- chemical processing laboratory tester
- chemical processing quality control technician
- chemical processing quality control technologist
- chemical products quality control technologist
- chemical research technician
- chemical research technologist
- chemical technician
- chemical technician - heavy water plant and nuclear generating station
- chemical technologist
- compressed gases tester
- crime scene examiner
- documents examiner - applied chemistry
- dyeing and finishing technician
- dyeing and finishing technologist
- dyeing technician
- fingerprint identification technician
- food processing quality control technician
- food processing quality control technologist
- food technician
- food technologist
- forensic examiner - alcohol
- forensic handwriting expert
- forensic laboratory technician
- forest products technologist
- formulation technician
- fuel technician
- gas chromatographer
- geochemical technician
- geochemical technologist
- home economics technologist
- industrial hygiene technologist
- laboratory assistant - applied chemistry
- laboratory tester
- laboratory tester - pulp and paper
- latent fingerprint examiner
- mass spectrometer technician
- mass spectrometer technologist
- mass spectrometry technician
- master dyer - textiles
- nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) chemical technician
- paint technician
- petrochemical engineering technician
- petrochemical engineering technologist
- petrochemical laboratory technologist
- petroleum processing tester
- petroleum research technologist
- petroleum tester
- pharmaceuticals and toiletries inspector
- pharmaceuticals inspector
- pilot plant technician
- pilot plant technologist
- plastics and synthetic resins technician
- polymers tester
- production technician - pharmaceuticals
- quality control technician - cannabis
- quality control technician - chemical processing
- quality control technician - chemistry
- quality control technician - food processing
- quality control technologist - chemical processing
- quality control technologist - food processing
- spectroscopic technologist
- spectroscopist
- synthetic textiles technician
- technician - pharmaceutical production
- technologist, quality control of chemical products
- textile colour technologist
- textile dye technician
- textile dyeing technician
- titanium pigment test analyst
- water purification technician
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
$29.80 an hour
Low $21.00, high $47.69
Where it pays most
- Saint John--St. Stephen · New Brunswick$37.88
- Saskatoon--Biggar · Saskatchewan$36.79
- Fredericton--Oromocto · New Brunswick$34.24
- Ottawa · Ontario$33.89
- Moncton--Richibucto · New Brunswick$33.87
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 | $29.74 | $19.00 – $33.33 | Moderate |
| Nova Scotia | $29.96 | $18.11 – $45.88 | Moderate |
| New Brunswick | $32.81 | $21.56 – $54.27 | Moderate |
| Quebec | $28.21 | $21.63 – $43.27 | Limited |
| Ontario | $30.00 | $21.50 – $47.82 | Limited |
| Manitoba | $28.57 | $21.66 – $45.00 | Limited |
| Saskatchewan | $34.00 | $24.00 – $52.00 | Moderate |
| Alberta | $31.25 | $20.00 – $54.00 | Moderate |
| British Columbia | $24.00 | $20.00 – $50.00 | 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 52 economic regions where Job Bank publishes a wage or a rated outlook, of 72.
| Where | Province | Median hourly | Low to high | Outlook 2025–2027 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cape Breton | Nova Scotia | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| North Shore | Nova Scotia | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Annapolis Valley | Nova Scotia | $28.49 | $21.05 – $38.70 | Moderate |
| Southern | Nova Scotia | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Halifax | Nova Scotia | $26.26 | $17.77 – $40.10 | Moderate |
| Campbellton--Miramichi | New Brunswick | $33.07 | $21.76 – $45.26 | Moderate |
| Moncton--Richibucto | New Brunswick | $33.87 | $22.84 – $47.12 | Moderate |
| Saint John--St. Stephen | New Brunswick | $37.88 | $23.74 – $51.42 | Moderate |
| Fredericton--Oromocto | New Brunswick | $34.24 | $22.46 – $49.36 | Moderate |
| Edmundston--Woodstock | New Brunswick | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Gaspésie--Îles-de-la-Madeleine | Quebec | $32.59 | $22.43 – $40.99 | Undetermined |
| Bas-Saint-Laurent | Quebec | $30.00 | $20.23 – $37.89 | Limited |
| Capitale-Nationale | Quebec | $29.54 | $19.45 – $37.00 | Limited |
| Chaudière-Appalaches | Quebec | $28.21 | $22.00 – $59.00 | Limited |
| Estrie | Quebec | $28.21 | $21.63 – $43.27 | Moderate |
| Centre-du-Québec | Quebec | $28.21 | $21.63 – $43.27 | Good |
| Montérégie | Quebec | $29.50 | $20.00 – $42.79 | Moderate |
| Montréal | Quebec | $27.75 | $25.27 – $36.06 | Limited |
| Laval | Quebec | $28.21 | $21.63 – $43.27 | Limited |
| Lanaudière | Quebec | $28.21 | $21.63 – $43.27 | Limited |
| Laurentides | Quebec | $28.21 | $21.63 – $43.27 | Moderate |
| Outaouais | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Limited |
| Abitibi-Témiscamingue | Quebec | $31.60 | $22.00 – $42.23 | Moderate |
| Mauricie | Quebec | $32.73 | $22.17 – $47.97 | Moderate |
| Saguenay--Lac-Saint-Jean | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Limited |
| Côte-Nord | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Nord-du-Québec | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Ottawa | Ontario | $33.89 | $23.20 – $47.09 | Limited |
| Kingston--Pembroke | Ontario | $30.00 | $21.50 – $47.82 | Limited |
| Muskoka--Kawarthas | Ontario | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Toronto | Ontario | $30.00 | $21.50 – $47.00 | Limited |
| Kitchener--Waterloo--Barrie | Ontario | $30.00 | $21.50 – $47.82 | Limited |
| Hamilton--Niagara Peninsula | Ontario | $30.00 | $21.50 – $47.82 | Moderate |
| London | Ontario | Not published | Not published | Limited |
| Windsor--Sarnia | Ontario | Not published | Not published | Very limited |
| Stratford--Bruce Peninsula | Ontario | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Northeast | Ontario | $30.00 | $21.50 – $47.82 | Very limited |
| Winnipeg | Manitoba | $25.00 | $21.54 – $40.44 | Limited |
| Interlake | Manitoba | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Regina--Moose Mountain | Saskatchewan | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Swift Current--Moose Jaw | Saskatchewan | Not published | Not published | Very good |
| Saskatoon--Biggar | Saskatchewan | $36.79 | $23.95 – $51.94 | Moderate |
| Camrose--Drumheller | Alberta | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Calgary | Alberta | $30.00 | $17.00 – $56.38 | Moderate |
| Banff--Jasper--Rocky Mountain House | Alberta | Not published | Not published | Limited |
| Red Deer | Alberta | Not published | Not published | Limited |
| Edmonton | Alberta | $31.25 | $20.00 – $54.00 | Moderate |
| Athabasca--Grande Prairie--Peace River | Alberta | $31.25 | $20.00 – $54.00 | Limited |
| Wood Buffalo--Cold Lake | Alberta | Not published | Not published | Limited |
| Vancouver Island and Coast | British Columbia | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Lower Mainland | British Columbia | $24.00 | $20.00 – $50.00 | Moderate |
| Thompson--Okanagan | British Columbia | $24.00 | $20.00 – $50.00 | 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 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.