NOC 2021 · 62101 · TEER 2
Retail and wholesale buyers
Unit group 62101 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
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What this group covers
Retail and wholesale buyers buy merchandise for resale by retail or wholesale establishments and are usually responsible for the merchandising operations of retail or wholesale establishments. Retail and wholesale buyers who are supervisors and those who are assistants are included in this unit group.
Example job titles
As Statistics Canada publishes them. Yours may be worded differently and still belong here.
- appliance buyer
- assistant buyer
- beverage taster and buyer
- buyer - retail
- buyer - wholesale
- buyers supervisor
- cattle buyer
- chief buyer
- chief buyer - retail or wholesale
- clothing buyer
- food buyer
- fruit buyer
- fur buyer
- hardware buyer
- hog buyer
- livestock buyer
- log buyer
- lumber buyer
- meat buyer
- merchandiser
- perishable food buyer
- pharmaceuticals buyer
- produce buyer
- retail buyer
- retail merchandiser
- salvage buyer
- scrap buyer
- senior buyer - retail or wholesale
- specialty food buyer
- timber buyer
- tobacco buyer
- wholesale buyer
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
$30.00 an hour
Low $19.23, high $48.08
Where it pays most
- Capitale-Nationale · Quebec$32.00
- Montréal · Quebec$32.00
- Lanaudière · Quebec$32.00
- Outaouais · Quebec$32.00
- Abitibi-Témiscamingue · Quebec$32.00
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 | $25.82 | $17.32 – $39.74 | Undetermined |
| Prince Edward Island | $21.49 | $16.50 – $34.99 | Undetermined |
| Nova Scotia | $22.61 | $16.50 – $38.96 | Moderate |
| New Brunswick | $23.00 | $19.23 – $61.54 | Good |
| Quebec | $32.00 | $20.00 – $50.97 | Moderate |
| Ontario | $29.81 | $20.00 – $45.67 | Moderate |
| Manitoba | $24.04 | $18.70 – $48.08 | Moderate |
| Saskatchewan | $32.00 | $16.15 – $48.08 | Moderate |
| Alberta | $28.73 | $19.23 – $38.46 | Moderate |
| British Columbia | $30.77 | $20.00 – $47.60 | Moderate |
| Yukon Territory | Not published | Not published | Undetermined |
| Northwest Territories | Not published | Not published | Undetermined |
| Nunavut | Not published | Not published | Undetermined |
By economic region
The 53 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 | $26.40 | $17.36 – $36.94 | Undetermined |
| West Coast--Northern Peninsula--Labrador | Newfoundland and Labrador | $24.48 | $17.49 – $35.52 | Undetermined |
| Cape Breton | Nova Scotia | $21.25 | $16.50 – $30.10 | Moderate |
| North Shore | Nova Scotia | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Annapolis Valley | Nova Scotia | $22.31 | $17.56 – $34.90 | Moderate |
| Southern | Nova Scotia | $22.29 | $17.01 – $33.63 | Moderate |
| Halifax | Nova Scotia | $23.52 | $17.33 – $35.53 | Moderate |
| Campbellton--Miramichi | New Brunswick | $20.96 | $17.16 – $30.75 | Undetermined |
| Moncton--Richibucto | New Brunswick | $23.00 | $19.23 – $61.54 | Good |
| Saint John--St. Stephen | New Brunswick | $23.00 | $19.23 – $61.54 | Good |
| Fredericton--Oromocto | New Brunswick | $20.23 | $18.33 – $34.24 | Good |
| Edmundston--Woodstock | New Brunswick | $23.03 | $16.55 – $34.68 | Undetermined |
| Bas-Saint-Laurent | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Capitale-Nationale | Quebec | $32.00 | $20.00 – $50.97 | Moderate |
| Chaudière-Appalaches | Quebec | $30.95 | $18.00 – $31.25 | Moderate |
| Estrie | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Centre-du-Québec | Quebec | $29.16 | $18.33 – $34.29 | Moderate |
| Montérégie | Quebec | $30.33 | $20.01 – $44.16 | Limited |
| Montréal | Quebec | $32.00 | $20.00 – $50.97 | Moderate |
| Laval | Quebec | $29.16 | $22.14 – $41.21 | Moderate |
| Lanaudière | Quebec | $32.00 | $20.00 – $50.97 | Moderate |
| Laurentides | Quebec | $29.53 | $24.04 – $43.02 | Moderate |
| Outaouais | Quebec | $32.00 | $20.00 – $50.97 | Moderate |
| Abitibi-Témiscamingue | Quebec | $32.00 | $20.00 – $50.97 | Limited |
| Mauricie | Quebec | $26.11 | $17.93 – $33.15 | Limited |
| Saguenay--Lac-Saint-Jean | Quebec | $26.64 | $18.81 – $38.35 | Moderate |
| Côte-Nord | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Nord-du-Québec | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Ottawa | Ontario | $29.81 | $20.00 – $45.67 | Moderate |
| Kingston--Pembroke | Ontario | $28.00 | $18.00 – $33.08 | Good |
| Muskoka--Kawarthas | Ontario | $29.81 | $20.00 – $45.67 | Moderate |
| Toronto | Ontario | $30.00 | $19.23 – $48.72 | Moderate |
| Kitchener--Waterloo--Barrie | Ontario | $29.81 | $20.00 – $45.67 | Moderate |
| Hamilton--Niagara Peninsula | Ontario | $26.18 | $18.82 – $40.07 | Moderate |
| London | Ontario | $27.98 | $17.60 – $38.31 | Limited |
| Windsor--Sarnia | Ontario | $27.35 | $20.20 – $41.13 | Moderate |
| Stratford--Bruce Peninsula | Ontario | $27.65 | $18.27 – $37.30 | Moderate |
| Northeast | Ontario | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Southeast | Manitoba | $25.28 | $16.00 – $35.39 | Good |
| Winnipeg | Manitoba | $24.04 | $18.70 – $48.08 | Moderate |
| Regina--Moose Mountain | Saskatchewan | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Saskatoon--Biggar | Saskatchewan | $32.00 | $15.35 – $48.08 | Good |
| Lethbridge--Medicine Hat | Alberta | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Calgary | Alberta | $28.73 | $19.23 – $38.46 | Moderate |
| Banff--Jasper--Rocky Mountain House | Alberta | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Red Deer | Alberta | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Edmonton | Alberta | $28.73 | $19.23 – $38.46 | Moderate |
| Athabasca--Grande Prairie--Peace River | Alberta | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Vancouver Island and Coast | British Columbia | $29.18 | $20.80 – $35.00 | Moderate |
| Lower Mainland | British Columbia | $31.73 | $18.00 – $47.60 | Moderate |
| Thompson--Okanagan | British Columbia | $24.49 | $18.84 – $37.01 | Moderate |
| Kootenay | British Columbia | $26.19 | $18.92 – $40.94 | Moderate |
| Cariboo | British Columbia | $26.31 | $19.12 – $35.62 | 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.