NOC 2021 · 72411 · TEER 2
Auto body collision, refinishing and glass technicians and damage repair estimators
Unit group 72411 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
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What this group covers
Auto body collision, refinishing and glass technicians repair and restore damaged motor vehicle body parts and interior finishing; repaint body surfaces; repair and/or replace automotive glass and repair defective automobile body parts and damage to the bodies of newly assembled cars. Damage repair estimators assess the degree of damage to a vehicle and estimate the cost of parts and labour. They are employed by automobile dealerships, automobile body repair shops, automobile appraisal centres and by motor vehicle manufacturers. This unit group also includes metal repairers. 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.
- antique car body restorer
- antique vehicle body restorer
- apprentice painter - motor vehicle repair
- auto body and collision technician
- auto body appraiser
- auto body damage estimator
- auto body estimator
- auto body mechanic
- auto body repair planner
- auto body repairer
- auto body technician
- auto body technician - collision
- auto body technician - refinishing
- auto body worker
- auto glass installer
- automobile body repairman/woman
- automobile damage repair estimator
- automobile polisher-sander - motor vehicle repair
- automotive body mechanic
- automotive body painter
- automotive body repairer
- automotive body repairer-painter
- automotive body technician
- automotive glass technician
- automotive painter - motor vehicle repair
- automotive painter apprentice
- automotive painting and refinishing technician
- automotive painting technician
- automotive refinishing technician
- automotive repair shop estimator
- body and fender repairer - automobile
- body and fender repairman/woman - automobile
- collision repair technician
- dent remover and repairer - automobile
- dingman/woman - autobody
- journeyman/woman motor vehicle body repairer
- metal finish and touch-up repairer - motor vehicle manufacturing
- metal finisher - motor vehicle manufacturing
- metal repairer - motor vehicle manufacturing
- metal upgrader - motor vehicle manufacturing
- motor repair vehicle painter apprentice
- motor vehicle apprentice painter
- motor vehicle body finisher
- motor vehicle body repairer
- motor vehicle body repairer - collision
- motor vehicle body repairer - metal and paint
- motor vehicle body repairer - refinishing
- motor vehicle body repairer apprentice
- motor vehicle body repair-painter
- motor vehicle body technician
- motor vehicle body technician - truck
- motor vehicle painter - motor vehicle repair
- painter - motor vehicle repair
- used car renovator
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
$27.00 an hour
Low $18.50, high $40.00
Where it pays most
- Vancouver Island and Coast · British Columbia$34.06
- Thompson--Okanagan · British Columbia$32.58
- Lower Mainland · British Columbia$32.41
- Cariboo · British Columbia$32.01
- Kootenay · British Columbia$30.55
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 | $25.00 | $21.75 – $32.00 | Limited |
| Prince Edward Island | $25.00 | $23.56 – $37.00 | Moderate |
| Nova Scotia | $25.00 | $18.00 – $33.00 | Good |
| New Brunswick | $26.50 | $17.00 – $32.00 | Moderate |
| Quebec | $25.00 | $20.00 – $36.00 | Limited |
| Ontario | $29.00 | $18.00 – $43.27 | Moderate |
| Manitoba | $27.00 | $17.00 – $41.03 | Moderate |
| Saskatchewan | $27.50 | $17.00 – $40.38 | Good |
| Alberta | $28.75 | $17.00 – $36.00 | Moderate |
| British Columbia | $31.82 | $21.22 – $47.65 | Limited |
| Yukon Territory | $36.46 | $28.45 – $47.47 | Undetermined |
| Northwest Territories | Not published | Not published | Undetermined |
| Nunavut | Not published | Not published | Undetermined |
By economic region
The 63 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 | $25.00 | $21.75 – $32.00 | Undetermined |
| South Coast--Burin Peninsula | Newfoundland and Labrador | $26.57 | $21.13 – $34.44 | Undetermined |
| West Coast--Northern Peninsula--Labrador | Newfoundland and Labrador | $25.91 | $21.51 – $33.12 | Undetermined |
| Cape Breton | Nova Scotia | $26.80 | $19.34 – $34.93 | Good |
| North Shore | Nova Scotia | $27.01 | $20.58 – $35.17 | Good |
| Annapolis Valley | Nova Scotia | $25.87 | $20.60 – $32.03 | Good |
| Southern | Nova Scotia | $23.20 | $19.02 – $32.66 | Good |
| Halifax | Nova Scotia | $23.00 | $16.67 – $34.00 | Good |
| Campbellton--Miramichi | New Brunswick | $25.42 | $20.67 – $32.72 | Moderate |
| Moncton--Richibucto | New Brunswick | $26.20 | $18.94 – $37.36 | Good |
| Saint John--St. Stephen | New Brunswick | $25.95 | $21.14 – $35.47 | Good |
| Fredericton--Oromocto | New Brunswick | $26.50 | $17.00 – $32.00 | Good |
| Edmundston--Woodstock | New Brunswick | $24.06 | $19.79 – $31.11 | Moderate |
| Gaspésie--Îles-de-la-Madeleine | Quebec | $26.50 | $21.46 – $31.11 | Limited |
| Bas-Saint-Laurent | Quebec | $26.17 | $21.19 – $32.48 | Limited |
| Capitale-Nationale | Quebec | $26.50 | $20.00 – $34.00 | Limited |
| Chaudière-Appalaches | Quebec | $26.63 | $20.00 – $34.00 | Limited |
| Estrie | Quebec | $26.97 | $21.92 – $35.54 | Limited |
| Centre-du-Québec | Quebec | $26.00 | $20.00 – $32.57 | Limited |
| Montérégie | Quebec | $26.38 | $20.00 – $34.00 | Moderate |
| Montréal | Quebec | $27.94 | $21.10 – $37.13 | Limited |
| Laval | Quebec | $27.00 | $24.04 – $51.00 | Limited |
| Lanaudière | Quebec | $27.11 | $20.00 – $36.00 | Limited |
| Laurentides | Quebec | $28.00 | $20.00 – $36.00 | Limited |
| Outaouais | Quebec | $25.00 | $20.00 – $36.00 | Limited |
| Abitibi-Témiscamingue | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Limited |
| Mauricie | Quebec | $26.50 | $19.00 – $39.92 | Limited |
| Saguenay--Lac-Saint-Jean | Quebec | $25.50 | $19.65 – $31.54 | Limited |
| Ottawa | Ontario | $29.94 | $21.79 – $42.40 | Moderate |
| Kingston--Pembroke | Ontario | $29.52 | $22.36 – $39.74 | Moderate |
| Muskoka--Kawarthas | Ontario | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Toronto | Ontario | $30.00 | $17.60 – $43.27 | Moderate |
| Kitchener--Waterloo--Barrie | Ontario | $30.40 | $21.00 – $70.00 | Moderate |
| Hamilton--Niagara Peninsula | Ontario | $29.00 | $17.60 – $43.27 | Moderate |
| London | Ontario | $29.00 | $18.00 – $43.27 | Moderate |
| Windsor--Sarnia | Ontario | $29.00 | $18.00 – $43.27 | Moderate |
| Stratford--Bruce Peninsula | Ontario | $27.65 | $22.30 – $39.03 | Moderate |
| Northeast | Ontario | $29.04 | $22.14 – $35.73 | Moderate |
| Northwest | Ontario | $29.00 | $18.00 – $43.27 | Moderate |
| Southeast | Manitoba | $28.09 | $18.93 – $38.37 | Moderate |
| South Central | Manitoba | $26.49 | $19.69 – $35.83 | Moderate |
| Southwest | Manitoba | $25.00 | $16.00 – $33.00 | Moderate |
| North Central | Manitoba | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Winnipeg | Manitoba | $25.00 | $17.00 – $41.03 | Moderate |
| Interlake | Manitoba | $27.00 | $17.00 – $41.03 | Moderate |
| Regina--Moose Mountain | Saskatchewan | $21.00 | $17.00 – $34.00 | Good |
| Swift Current--Moose Jaw | Saskatchewan | Not published | Not published | Very good |
| Saskatoon--Biggar | Saskatchewan | $26.97 | $19.50 – $50.00 | Good |
| Yorkton--Melville | Saskatchewan | $27.50 | $17.00 – $40.38 | Moderate |
| Prince Albert | Saskatchewan | $27.50 | $17.00 – $40.38 | Moderate |
| Northern | Saskatchewan | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Lethbridge--Medicine Hat | Alberta | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Camrose--Drumheller | Alberta | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Calgary | Alberta | $28.50 | $20.00 – $34.50 | Moderate |
| Banff--Jasper--Rocky Mountain House | Alberta | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Red Deer | Alberta | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Edmonton | Alberta | $30.00 | $21.00 – $36.00 | Moderate |
| Athabasca--Grande Prairie--Peace River | Alberta | $28.75 | $17.00 – $36.00 | Moderate |
| Vancouver Island and Coast | British Columbia | $34.06 | $25.02 – $43.97 | Limited |
| Lower Mainland | British Columbia | $32.41 | $21.40 – $48.12 | Moderate |
| Thompson--Okanagan | British Columbia | $32.58 | $22.93 – $44.33 | Limited |
| Kootenay | British Columbia | $30.55 | $24.14 – $42.03 | Limited |
| Cariboo | British Columbia | $32.01 | $23.47 – $41.74 | 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) · 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.