NOC 2021 · 72203 · TEER 2
Electrical power line and cable workers
Unit group 72203 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
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What this group covers
Electrical power line and cable workers construct, maintain and repair overhead and underground electrical power transmission and distribution systems. They are employed by electric power generation, transmission and distribution companies, electrical contractors and public utility commissions. Apprentices are also included in this unit group.
Example job titles
As Statistics Canada publishes them. Yours may be worded differently and still belong here.
- apprentice line maintainer - electric power systems
- apprentice lineman/woman - electric power systems
- apprentice power line repairer
- assistant transmission lineman/woman - electric power systems
- cable installer - electric power systems
- cable installer - electrical power
- cable installer and repairer - electric power systems
- cable jointer - electric power systems
- cable line worker - electric power systems
- cable repairer - electric power systems
- cable splicer - electric power systems
- cable splicer - electrical power
- cableman/woman - electric power systems
- conduit installer - electric power systems
- construction lineman/woman - electric power systems
- construction lineman/woman - electrical power line
- distribution construction lineman
- electric meter installer - electric power systems
- electric meter setter - electric power systems
- electrical cable splicer - electric power systems
- emergency line repairer - electric power systems
- emergency servicer - electric power systems
- high voltage lineman/linewoman
- high voltage lineman/woman - electric power systems
- high-voltage maintenance lineman/woman
- high-voltage power line patroller - electric power systems
- high-voltage tower lineman/woman
- lead lineman/woman - electric power systems
- lead lineman/woman - electricity production and transmission
- lead splicer - electric power systems
- line checker - electric power systems
- line installation trainee - electric power systems
- line maintainer - electric power systems
- line patroller - electric power systems
- line repairer - electric power systems
- line servicer - electric power systems
- lineman/woman - electric power systems
- lineman/woman - electric streetcar
- lineman/woman trainee - electric power systems
- lineman/woman trainee - electricity production and transmission
- lineworker - electrical power systems
- maintenance lineman/woman - electric power systems
- meter installer - electric power systems
- power line maintainer - electric power systems
- power line patroller
- power line repairer - electric power systems
- power lineman/woman
- power lineman/woman - electricity production and transmission
- powerline technician
- repair lineman/woman - electric power systems
- service lineman/woman - electric power systems
- streetlight repairer
- streetlight repairer - electric power systems
- streetlight serviceman/woman - electric power systems
- streetlight servicer - electric power systems
- tower line maintainer - electric power systems
- tower lineman/woman - electric power systems
- traffic light repairer
- transmission lineman/woman - electric power systems
- underground cable splicer - electric power systems
- underground lineman/woman - electric power systems
- wire splicer - electric power systems
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
$46.00 an hour
Low $28.40, high $62.00
Where it pays most
- Northeast · British Columbia$65.14
- Lethbridge--Medicine Hat · Alberta$55.00
- Camrose--Drumheller · Alberta$55.00
- Calgary · Alberta$55.00
- Edmonton · Alberta$55.00
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 | $44.00 | $23.50 – $50.00 | Moderate |
| Prince Edward Island | $42.00 | $27.00 – $45.00 | Undetermined |
| Nova Scotia | $51.35 | $29.61 – $70.79 | Moderate |
| New Brunswick | $47.26 | $31.41 – $65.44 | Moderate |
| Quebec | $42.49 | $30.90 – $49.20 | Moderate |
| Ontario | $45.00 | $29.70 – $62.00 | Good |
| Manitoba | $47.00 | $27.40 – $55.00 | Limited |
| Saskatchewan | $47.85 | $35.00 – $62.00 | Good |
| Alberta | $55.00 | $31.75 – $67.31 | Moderate |
| British Columbia | $50.00 | $32.00 – $63.00 | Limited |
| Yukon Territory | $72.75 | $54.61 – $79.57 | Undetermined |
| Northwest Territories | $66.32 | $39.38 – $78.51 | Undetermined |
| Nunavut | Not published | Not published | Undetermined |
By economic region
The 65 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 | $44.00 | $23.00 – $50.00 | Moderate |
| South Coast--Burin Peninsula | Newfoundland and Labrador | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| West Coast--Northern Peninsula--Labrador | Newfoundland and Labrador | $44.00 | $23.50 – $50.00 | Moderate |
| Notre Dame--Central Bonavista Bay | Newfoundland and Labrador | $44.00 | $23.50 – $50.00 | Moderate |
| Cape Breton | Nova Scotia | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| North Shore | Nova Scotia | $53.09 | $29.33 – $69.90 | Moderate |
| Annapolis Valley | Nova Scotia | $53.84 | $31.64 – $75.59 | Moderate |
| Southern | Nova Scotia | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Halifax | Nova Scotia | $49.51 | $28.03 – $67.95 | Good |
| Moncton--Richibucto | New Brunswick | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Saint John--St. Stephen | New Brunswick | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Fredericton--Oromocto | New Brunswick | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Bas-Saint-Laurent | Quebec | $42.49 | $30.90 – $49.20 | Moderate |
| Capitale-Nationale | Quebec | $42.49 | $30.90 – $49.20 | Moderate |
| Chaudière-Appalaches | Quebec | $42.49 | $30.90 – $49.20 | Moderate |
| Estrie | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Centre-du-Québec | Quebec | $42.49 | $30.90 – $49.20 | Moderate |
| Montérégie | Quebec | $42.49 | $28.19 – $55.00 | Moderate |
| Montréal | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Laval | Quebec | $42.29 | $30.14 – $52.84 | Moderate |
| Lanaudière | Quebec | $42.77 | $30.00 – $52.62 | Moderate |
| Laurentides | Quebec | $42.52 | $29.33 – $55.00 | Moderate |
| Outaouais | Quebec | $42.49 | $30.90 – $49.20 | Moderate |
| Abitibi-Témiscamingue | Quebec | $42.49 | $30.90 – $49.20 | Moderate |
| Mauricie | Quebec | $42.49 | $30.90 – $49.20 | Moderate |
| Saguenay--Lac-Saint-Jean | Quebec | $42.49 | $30.90 – $49.20 | Moderate |
| Côte-Nord | Quebec | $42.49 | $30.90 – $49.20 | Good |
| Nord-du-Québec | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Ottawa | Ontario | $50.11 | $33.93 – $63.81 | Good |
| Kingston--Pembroke | Ontario | $50.38 | $33.53 – $63.71 | Good |
| Muskoka--Kawarthas | Ontario | $45.00 | $29.70 – $62.00 | Good |
| Toronto | Ontario | $45.00 | $29.70 – $62.00 | Moderate |
| Kitchener--Waterloo--Barrie | Ontario | $45.00 | $34.00 – $50.19 | Good |
| Hamilton--Niagara Peninsula | Ontario | $45.00 | $29.70 – $62.00 | Good |
| London | Ontario | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Windsor--Sarnia | Ontario | $45.00 | $29.70 – $62.00 | Good |
| Stratford--Bruce Peninsula | Ontario | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Northeast | Ontario | $45.45 | $25.00 – $52.62 | Moderate |
| Northwest | Ontario | $50.00 | $40.00 – $60.00 | Moderate |
| Southeast | Manitoba | $44.77 | $31.41 – $57.08 | Moderate |
| South Central | Manitoba | $46.22 | $31.32 – $60.13 | Moderate |
| Southwest | Manitoba | $46.00 | $19.80 – $49.62 | Moderate |
| North Central | Manitoba | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Winnipeg | Manitoba | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Interlake | Manitoba | $48.60 | $28.85 – $55.00 | Limited |
| Parklands | Manitoba | $48.19 | $36.57 – $59.94 | Undetermined |
| Regina--Moose Mountain | Saskatchewan | $48.96 | $34.76 – $59.76 | Moderate |
| Swift Current--Moose Jaw | Saskatchewan | $50.42 | $37.74 – $62.97 | Very good |
| Saskatoon--Biggar | Saskatchewan | $47.85 | $21.00 – $54.26 | Good |
| Yorkton--Melville | Saskatchewan | $51.32 | $36.28 – $63.25 | Good |
| Prince Albert | Saskatchewan | $49.36 | $40.00 – $62.00 | Moderate |
| Northern | Saskatchewan | $49.36 | $40.00 – $62.00 | Moderate |
| Lethbridge--Medicine Hat | Alberta | $55.00 | $31.75 – $67.31 | Moderate |
| Camrose--Drumheller | Alberta | $55.00 | $31.75 – $67.31 | Moderate |
| Calgary | Alberta | $55.00 | $31.75 – $67.31 | Good |
| Banff--Jasper--Rocky Mountain House | Alberta | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Edmonton | Alberta | $55.00 | $31.75 – $67.31 | Moderate |
| Athabasca--Grande Prairie--Peace River | Alberta | $55.00 | $31.75 – $67.31 | Moderate |
| Wood Buffalo--Cold Lake | Alberta | $55.00 | $31.75 – $67.31 | Undetermined |
| Vancouver Island and Coast | British Columbia | $50.00 | $32.00 – $63.00 | Moderate |
| Lower Mainland | British Columbia | $50.00 | $32.00 – $63.00 | Moderate |
| Thompson--Okanagan | British Columbia | $50.00 | $50.00 – $63.00 | Moderate |
| Kootenay | British Columbia | $50.00 | $32.00 – $63.00 | Limited |
| Cariboo | British Columbia | $50.00 | $32.00 – $63.00 | Limited |
| Northeast | British Columbia | $65.14 | $49.15 – $86.91 | 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) · Small Area Estimation (2024) · 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.