NOC 2021 · 53111 · TEER 3
Motion pictures, broadcasting, photography and performing arts assistants and operators
Unit group 53111 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
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What this group covers
Assistants and operators in motion pictures, broadcasting, photography and the performing arts perform duties related to these fields. They are employed by television and radio stations and networks, recording studios, motion picture and video production companies and by theatre and stage companies.
Example job titles
As Statistics Canada publishes them. Yours may be worded differently and still belong here.
- artistic rigger
- audiovisual (AV) assistant
- audiovisual (AV) assistant - motion pictures and broadcasting
- best boy
- boom grip
- boom microphone operator
- boom operator
- camera crane operator
- circus rigger
- continuity person - motion pictures and broadcasting
- dolly operator - motion pictures and broadcasting
- dolly pusher - motion pictures and broadcasting
- dresser - motion pictures, broadcasting and performing arts
- duplicate-film examiner - motion pictures and broadcasting
- entertainment stage rigger
- film projectionist
- film quality inspector
- fireworks handler
- flyman/woman
- focus puller
- grip
- lighting assistant
- motion picture examiner
- motion picture projectionist
- movie theatre projectionist
- production assistant
- production assistant - motion pictures and broadcasting
- projectionist
- prompter
- property person
- props handler
- props person
- recording assistant - recording studio
- rigger - motion pictures, broadcasting and performing arts
- scene shifter
- scenic artist - motion pictures, broadcasting and performing arts
- scenic constructor
- scenic constructor - motion pictures, broadcasting and performing arts
- scenic painter - motion pictures, broadcasting and performing arts
- script assistant
- script person - motion pictures and broadcasting
- searchlight operator
- second costumes assistant
- set builder
- set dresser
- special effects assistant
- spotlight operator
- stage best boy
- stage production worker
- stage property person
- stagehand
- staging assistant
- technical assistant - audiovisual
- telecine operator
- teleprompt operator
- theatre high rigger
- wardrobe assistant
- wardrobe attendant
- wig assistant - motion pictures, broadcasting and performing arts
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
$26.80 an hour
Low $18.00, high $40.00
Where it pays most
- Calgary · Alberta$32.15
- Northeast · Ontario$32.00
- Halifax · Nova Scotia$31.00
- Montréal · Quebec$30.00
- Lower Mainland · British Columbia$30.00
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 | $25.31 | $16.25 – $35.00 | Undetermined |
| Prince Edward Island | Not published | Not published | Undetermined |
| Nova Scotia | $25.48 | $17.00 – $36.87 | Moderate |
| New Brunswick | $23.00 | $15.85 – $37.47 | Undetermined |
| Quebec | $28.00 | $20.00 – $40.00 | Very limited |
| Ontario | $24.00 | $18.00 – $38.00 | Very limited |
| Manitoba | $25.00 | $16.35 – $35.62 | Very limited |
| Saskatchewan | Not published | Not published | Undetermined |
| Alberta | $29.00 | $17.87 – $40.03 | Limited |
| British Columbia | $30.00 | $17.85 – $41.94 | Very 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 21 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 | $29.75 | $18.43 – $36.00 | Undetermined |
| Halifax | Nova Scotia | $31.00 | $19.00 – $38.00 | Moderate |
| Capitale-Nationale | Quebec | $24.25 | $20.00 – $30.36 | Undetermined |
| Montérégie | Quebec | $27.00 | $20.53 – $41.00 | Very limited |
| Montréal | Quebec | $30.00 | $20.00 – $40.00 | Very limited |
| Laval | Quebec | $27.85 | $19.00 – $39.00 | Very limited |
| Lanaudière | Quebec | $28.00 | $19.00 – $38.20 | Undetermined |
| Laurentides | Quebec | $28.10 | $20.70 – $41.00 | Very limited |
| Ottawa | Ontario | $24.52 | $17.60 – $35.00 | Undetermined |
| Toronto | Ontario | $27.00 | $18.09 – $40.00 | Very limited |
| Kitchener--Waterloo--Barrie | Ontario | $20.00 | $17.60 – $35.00 | Limited |
| Hamilton--Niagara Peninsula | Ontario | $25.43 | $18.54 – $37.23 | Limited |
| London | Ontario | $21.00 | $18.00 – $28.50 | Undetermined |
| Windsor--Sarnia | Ontario | $19.20 | $17.60 – $22.62 | Undetermined |
| Stratford--Bruce Peninsula | Ontario | $23.50 | $17.75 – $38.59 | Undetermined |
| Northeast | Ontario | $32.00 | $23.30 – $38.00 | Undetermined |
| Winnipeg | Manitoba | $25.83 | $16.35 – $37.00 | Very limited |
| Calgary | Alberta | $32.15 | $18.50 – $39.00 | Limited |
| Edmonton | Alberta | Not published | Not published | Limited |
| Vancouver Island and Coast | British Columbia | $27.50 | $21.00 – $38.71 | Limited |
| Lower Mainland | British Columbia | $30.00 | $17.85 – $42.00 | 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 Employment Insurance Survey Data (2023-2024).
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.