NOC 2021 · 65320 · TEER 5
Dry cleaning, laundry and related occupations
Unit group 65320 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
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What this group covers
Dry cleaning and laundry machine operators operate machines to dry-clean or launder garments and other articles. Dry cleaning and laundry inspectors and assemblers check finished garments and other articles to ensure that they meet required standards for dry-cleaning, laundering and pressing, and assemble and bag finished garments and other articles. This unit group also includes workers who iron, press or otherwise finish garments and household articles. They are employed in dry cleaning, laundry and fur cleaning establishments, and in the laundries of hotels, hospitals and other institutions.
Example job titles
As Statistics Canada publishes them. Yours may be worded differently and still belong here.
- apprentice dry cleaner
- assembler - laundry and dry cleaning
- bagger - laundry and dry cleaning
- blocker - laundry and dry cleaning
- checker - laundry and dry cleaning
- cleaner - laundry and dry cleaning
- cleaner and presser - laundry and dry cleaning
- cleaning machine operator - laundry and dry cleaning
- clothes presser - laundry and dry cleaning
- clothing ironer - laundry and dry cleaning
- curtain and drapery presser - laundry and dry cleaning
- drapery cleaner
- drapery cleaner - laundry and dry cleaning
- dry cleaner
- dry cleaner helper
- dry cleaning machine operator - laundry and dry cleaning
- dry cleaning machine operator helper
- dyer - laundry and dry cleaning
- extractor operator - laundry and dry cleaning
- feather renovator
- finisher - laundry and dry cleaning
- flatwork finisher - laundry and dry cleaning
- flatwork folder - laundry and dry cleaning
- flatwork ironer - laundry and dry cleaning
- fluting machine operator - laundry and dry cleaning
- folder - laundry and dry cleaning
- folding machine tender - laundry and dry cleaning
- framer - laundry and dry cleaning
- fur cleaner - laundry and dry cleaning
- fur glazer - laundry and dry cleaning
- fur ironer - laundry and dry cleaning
- fur ironer glazer - laundry and dry cleaning
- fur ironing machine operator - laundry and dry cleaning
- fur lining presser - laundry and dry cleaning
- fur lusterizer - laundry and dry cleaning
- fur steamer
- fur-drummer machine operator - laundry and dry cleaning
- garment cleaner - laundry and dry cleaning
- garment dyer - laundry and dry cleaning
- hand finisher - laundry and dry cleaning
- hand fur cleaner
- hand ironer - laundry and dry cleaning
- hand presser - laundry and dry cleaning
- hand washer - laundry and dry cleaning
- hat cleaner
- inspector - laundry and dry cleaning
- ironer - laundry and dry cleaning
- launderer
- laundry attendant
- laundry finisher
- laundry helper
- laundry labourer
- laundry machine operator
- laundry worker
- leather cleaner - laundry and dry cleaning
- leather finisher - dry cleaning
- leather or suede sprayer - laundry and dry cleaning
- machine fur cleaner
- machine operator - laundry and dry cleaning
- machine presser - laundry and dry cleaning
- machine washer - laundry and dry cleaning
- marker - laundry and dry cleaning
- packager - laundry and dry cleaning
- patcher - laundry and dry cleaning
- patching machine operator - laundry and dry cleaning
- pleat finisher - laundry and dry cleaning
- pleat presser - laundry and dry cleaning
- presser - laundry and dry cleaning
- pressing machine tender - laundry and dry cleaning
- shirt finisher - laundry and dry cleaning
- shirt folder - laundry and dry cleaning
- shirt presser - laundry and dry cleaning
- shirt-folding machine operator - laundry and dry cleaning
- silk finisher - laundry and dry cleaning
- spotter - laundry and dry cleaning
- stain remover
- steam finisher - laundry and dry cleaning
- steam press operator - laundry and dry cleaning
- steam presser - laundry and dry cleaning
- steam tunnel operator - laundry and dry cleaning
- stretcher dryer - laundry and dry cleaning
- suede cleaner - laundry and dry cleaning
- tagger - laundry and dry cleaning
- tumble dryer tender - laundry and dry cleaning
- velvet steamer - laundry and dry cleaning
- washing machine extractor operator - laundry and dry cleaning
- washing machine extractor tender - laundry and dry cleaning
- washing machine operator - laundry and dry cleaning
- wrapper - laundry and dry cleaning
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
$19.50 an hour
Low $15.75, high $24.00
Where it pays most
- North Coast · British Columbia$22.42
- Vancouver Island and Coast · British Columbia$21.61
- Centre-du-Québec · Quebec$20.93
- Côte-Nord · Quebec$20.89
- Cariboo · British Columbia$20.79
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 | $19.00 | $16.00 – $21.50 | Good |
| Prince Edward Island | $19.00 | $16.50 – $21.50 | Undetermined |
| Nova Scotia | $17.80 | $16.50 – $21.00 | Good |
| New Brunswick | $19.00 | $15.65 – $21.50 | Good |
| Quebec | $20.50 | $16.10 – $23.00 | Moderate |
| Ontario | $19.72 | $17.60 – $25.00 | Moderate |
| Manitoba | $18.43 | $16.00 – $20.50 | Good |
| Saskatchewan | $17.00 | $15.35 – $20.34 | Very good |
| Alberta | $18.00 | $15.50 – $28.00 | Moderate |
| British Columbia | $20.00 | $17.85 – $25.48 | 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 60 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 | $19.10 | $16.00 – $21.60 | Good |
| Cape Breton | Nova Scotia | $18.63 | $16.94 – $19.19 | Good |
| North Shore | Nova Scotia | $19.55 | $18.98 – $21.26 | Good |
| Annapolis Valley | Nova Scotia | $19.15 | $18.24 – $20.64 | Good |
| Southern | Nova Scotia | $19.59 | $18.74 – $21.15 | Good |
| Halifax | Nova Scotia | $17.80 | $16.50 – $21.00 | Good |
| Campbellton--Miramichi | New Brunswick | $19.87 | $17.87 – $21.57 | Good |
| Moncton--Richibucto | New Brunswick | $19.56 | $18.18 – $22.00 | Good |
| Saint John--St. Stephen | New Brunswick | $19.44 | $16.71 – $21.42 | Good |
| Fredericton--Oromocto | New Brunswick | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Edmundston--Woodstock | New Brunswick | $18.76 | $18.18 – $20.69 | Good |
| Gaspésie--Îles-de-la-Madeleine | Quebec | $20.73 | $18.54 – $24.25 | Moderate |
| Bas-Saint-Laurent | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Capitale-Nationale | Quebec | $20.42 | $18.50 – $26.83 | Good |
| Chaudière-Appalaches | Quebec | $20.50 | $16.10 – $23.00 | Very good |
| Estrie | Quebec | $20.50 | $16.10 – $23.00 | Good |
| Centre-du-Québec | Quebec | $20.93 | $17.88 – $24.51 | Good |
| Montérégie | Quebec | $20.50 | $16.10 – $23.00 | Moderate |
| Montréal | Quebec | $20.04 | $18.03 – $26.50 | Moderate |
| Laval | Quebec | $20.50 | $16.10 – $23.00 | Moderate |
| Lanaudière | Quebec | $20.50 | $16.10 – $23.00 | Moderate |
| Laurentides | Quebec | $20.50 | $16.10 – $23.00 | Good |
| Outaouais | Quebec | $20.50 | $16.10 – $23.00 | Moderate |
| Mauricie | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Saguenay--Lac-Saint-Jean | Quebec | $20.77 | $18.52 – $24.43 | Very good |
| Côte-Nord | Quebec | $20.89 | $18.92 – $24.62 | Undetermined |
| Ottawa | Ontario | $19.72 | $17.60 – $25.00 | Moderate |
| Kingston--Pembroke | Ontario | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Muskoka--Kawarthas | Ontario | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Toronto | Ontario | $17.97 | $17.60 – $22.94 | Moderate |
| Kitchener--Waterloo--Barrie | Ontario | $20.00 | $17.60 – $23.00 | Good |
| Hamilton--Niagara Peninsula | Ontario | $20.00 | $17.60 – $22.94 | Moderate |
| London | Ontario | $19.72 | $17.60 – $25.00 | Moderate |
| Windsor--Sarnia | Ontario | $19.72 | $17.60 – $25.00 | Limited |
| Stratford--Bruce Peninsula | Ontario | $19.72 | $17.60 – $25.00 | Moderate |
| Northeast | Ontario | $19.72 | $17.60 – $25.00 | Moderate |
| Northwest | Ontario | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Southeast | Manitoba | $18.52 | $17.08 – $24.35 | Undetermined |
| South Central | Manitoba | $18.78 | $16.79 – $21.07 | Good |
| Southwest | Manitoba | $18.51 | $17.06 – $22.64 | Very good |
| North Central | Manitoba | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Winnipeg | Manitoba | $18.32 | $16.00 – $19.95 | Moderate |
| Interlake | Manitoba | $18.04 | $16.90 – $20.59 | Undetermined |
| Regina--Moose Mountain | Saskatchewan | $17.71 | $15.67 – $21.25 | Very good |
| Swift Current--Moose Jaw | Saskatchewan | $18.52 | $18.26 – $22.49 | Undetermined |
| Saskatoon--Biggar | Saskatchewan | $17.00 | $15.35 – $20.56 | Very good |
| Yorkton--Melville | Saskatchewan | $18.01 | $16.80 – $22.99 | Very good |
| Prince Albert | Saskatchewan | $18.46 | $16.55 – $23.86 | Undetermined |
| Lethbridge--Medicine Hat | Alberta | $17.59 | $17.25 – $21.07 | Undetermined |
| Calgary | Alberta | $18.00 | $15.50 – $28.00 | Moderate |
| Banff--Jasper--Rocky Mountain House | Alberta | $18.43 | $17.63 – $21.40 | Moderate |
| Red Deer | Alberta | $18.79 | $18.64 – $21.68 | Undetermined |
| Edmonton | Alberta | $17.97 | $17.13 – $22.27 | Moderate |
| Athabasca--Grande Prairie--Peace River | Alberta | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Vancouver Island and Coast | British Columbia | $21.61 | $18.94 – $26.48 | Moderate |
| Lower Mainland | British Columbia | $20.00 | $17.85 – $25.48 | Moderate |
| Thompson--Okanagan | British Columbia | $20.43 | $18.85 – $23.61 | Moderate |
| Kootenay | British Columbia | $20.19 | $18.96 – $22.63 | Undetermined |
| Cariboo | British Columbia | $20.79 | $19.85 – $24.02 | Moderate |
| North Coast | British Columbia | $22.42 | $20.65 – $26.76 | Undetermined |
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.