NOC 2021 · 22101 · TEER 2
Geological and mineral technologists and technicians
Unit group 22101 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
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What this group covers
Geological and mineral technologists and technicians provide technical support and services or may work independently in the fields of oil and gas exploration and production, geophysics, petroleum engineering, geology, mining and mining engineering, mineralogy, extractive and physical metallurgy, metallurgical engineering and environmental protection. They are employed by petroleum and mining companies, consulting geology and engineering firms, and by governments and educational institutions as well as by a variety of manufacturing, construction and utilities companies.
Example job titles
As Statistics Canada publishes them. Yours may be worded differently and still belong here.
- airborne geophysical equipment operator
- assayer
- assayer - mineralogy
- diamond drilling technician
- drilling fluid technician
- foundry laboratory technician
- geological engineering technician
- geological engineering technologist
- geological prospecting technologist
- geological survey technician
- geological technician
- geological technologist
- geology technical assistant
- geophysical data technician
- geophysical observer
- geophysical prospecting technologist
- geophysical survey technician
- geophysical survey technologist
- geophysical technician
- geophysical technologist
- geotechnician
- gold assayer
- gold prospector
- gravity data technician
- groundwater technologist
- heat treat technician
- hydrographic survey technician
- hydrographic survey technologist
- hydrological technician
- hydrology technician
- laboratory technician - metallurgy
- log analyst
- log technician
- magnetic observer
- marine geoscience technologist
- metallurgical control analyst
- metallurgical engineering technician
- metallurgical engineering technologist
- metallurgical technologist
- mine analyst
- mine development technologist
- mine production technician
- mine survey technician
- mine survey technologist
- mineral technician
- mineral technologist
- mineralogy technician
- mineralogy technologist
- mining engineering technician
- mining engineering technologist
- mining survey technician
- mining survey technologist
- mining technician
- mining technologist
- mud man/woman - petroleum drilling
- oil geology technologist
- ore technologist
- paleontology technician
- palynology technician
- petroleum engineering technician
- petroleum engineering technologist
- petroleum field technologist
- petroleum geology technologist
- petroleum technician
- petrology technician
- physical metallurgy technician
- physical metallurgy technologist
- precious metal assayer
- prospector
- reservoir engineering technician
- rock mechanics technician
- sea-bottom technologist
- sea-floor technologist
- seismic exploration line crew coordinator
- seismic exploration observer
- seismic prospecting observer
- seismic survey coordinator
- seismic technician
- seismology technician - petroleum geology
- seismology technologist - petroleum geology
- seismometer technician
- soil science technician - mining
- welding technician - mining
- welding technologist
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
$30.53 an hour
Low $20.95, high $52.00
Where it pays most
- Regina--Moose Mountain · Saskatchewan$37.00
- Edmonton · Alberta$35.00
- Abitibi-Témiscamingue · Quebec$34.00
- Avalon Peninsula · Newfoundland and Labrador$33.00
- Capitale-Nationale · Quebec$33.00
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 | $33.00 | $20.00 – $57.44 | Moderate |
| Prince Edward Island | Not published | Not published | Undetermined |
| Nova Scotia | $30.00 | $20.00 – $53.85 | Undetermined |
| New Brunswick | $30.00 | $20.00 – $53.85 | Undetermined |
| Quebec | $33.00 | $22.00 – $62.50 | Limited |
| Ontario | $29.76 | $20.00 – $48.72 | Very limited |
| Manitoba | $31.00 | $23.75 – $47.50 | Very limited |
| Saskatchewan | $37.00 | $22.32 – $50.00 | Moderate |
| Alberta | $31.25 | $21.59 – $67.00 | Limited |
| British Columbia | $30.00 | $22.00 – $43.75 | Limited |
| Yukon Territory | $49.48 | $26.40 – $57.50 | Undetermined |
| Northwest Territories | Not published | Not published | Undetermined |
| Nunavut | Not published | Not published | Undetermined |
By economic region
The 31 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 | $33.00 | $20.00 – $57.44 | Moderate |
| South Coast--Burin Peninsula | Newfoundland and Labrador | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| West Coast--Northern Peninsula--Labrador | Newfoundland and Labrador | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Notre Dame--Central Bonavista Bay | Newfoundland and Labrador | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Capitale-Nationale | Quebec | $33.00 | $22.00 – $62.50 | Limited |
| Chaudière-Appalaches | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Very limited |
| Montérégie | Quebec | $33.00 | $22.00 – $62.50 | Moderate |
| Montréal | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Limited |
| Laval | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Limited |
| Laurentides | Quebec | $33.00 | $22.00 – $62.50 | Limited |
| Abitibi-Témiscamingue | Quebec | $34.00 | $23.25 – $62.50 | Limited |
| Saguenay--Lac-Saint-Jean | Quebec | $33.00 | $22.00 – $62.50 | Limited |
| Côte-Nord | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Nord-du-Québec | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Ottawa | Ontario | $29.76 | $20.00 – $48.72 | Limited |
| Kingston--Pembroke | Ontario | Not published | Not published | Very limited |
| Toronto | Ontario | $29.76 | $20.00 – $48.72 | Very limited |
| Kitchener--Waterloo--Barrie | Ontario | Not published | Not published | Limited |
| Hamilton--Niagara Peninsula | Ontario | $29.76 | $20.00 – $48.72 | Moderate |
| Northeast | Ontario | $28.90 | $21.51 – $42.00 | Very limited |
| Northwest | Ontario | $29.76 | $20.00 – $52.88 | Very limited |
| Regina--Moose Mountain | Saskatchewan | $37.00 | $22.32 – $50.00 | Moderate |
| Saskatoon--Biggar | Saskatchewan | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Calgary | Alberta | $31.25 | $21.59 – $67.00 | Limited |
| Banff--Jasper--Rocky Mountain House | Alberta | Not published | Not published | Very limited |
| Edmonton | Alberta | $35.00 | $24.00 – $51.25 | Limited |
| Athabasca--Grande Prairie--Peace River | Alberta | Not published | Not published | Very limited |
| Vancouver Island and Coast | British Columbia | $30.00 | $22.00 – $43.75 | Limited |
| Lower Mainland | British Columbia | $28.50 | $20.99 – $42.00 | Limited |
| Thompson--Okanagan | British Columbia | $32.53 | $21.00 – $50.00 | Limited |
| Kootenay | British Columbia | Not published | Not published | 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) · 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.