NOC 2021 · 73102 · TEER 3
Plasterers, drywall installers and finishers and lathers
Unit group 73102 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
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What this group covers
Plasterers apply finish, and maintain and restore plaster or similar materials, on interior and exterior walls, ceilings and building partitions to produce plain or decorative surfaces. Drywall installers and finishers install and finish drywall sheets and various types of ceiling systems. Lathers install support framework for ceiling systems, interior and exterior walls and building partitions. They are employed by construction companies and by plastering, drywalling and lathing contractors, or they may be self-employed. 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.
- acoustic tile and drywall installer
- acoustic tile installer
- acoustical ceiling installer
- apprentice drywall applicator
- apprentice plasterer
- ceiling installer
- ceiling system installer
- drywall and acoustic mechanic
- drywall and ceiling system installer
- drywall and lather applicator
- drywall applicator
- drywall finisher
- drywall finisher apprentice
- drywall hanger
- drywall installer
- drywall installer and finisher
- drywall installer and finisher apprentice
- drywall installer lead hand
- drywall installer team leader
- drywall interior systems installer
- drywall mechanic
- drywall nailer
- drywall nailing person
- drywall taper
- exterior plasterer
- finish plasterer
- fireproofing applicator
- fireproofing plasterer
- gyproc applicator
- gypsum lather
- gypsum plasterboard applicator
- interior drywall installer
- interior drywall systems installer
- journeyman/woman drywall installer
- journeyman/woman lather
- journeyman/woman plasterer
- lather
- lather (interior systems mechanic)
- lather applicator
- lather apprentice
- metal lather
- moulding plasterer
- ornamental plasterer
- plasterer
- plasterer apprentice
- plasterer-decorator
- sheetrock applicator
- stucco lather
- stucco plasterer
- wall and ceiling installer
- wallboard installer
- wallboard taper
- wire lather
- wood lather
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
$33.00 an hour
Low $23.00, high $43.75
Where it pays most
- Capitale-Nationale · Quebec$40.00
- Chaudière-Appalaches · Quebec$39.47
- Saguenay--Lac-Saint-Jean · Quebec$39.24
- Outaouais · Quebec$39.00
- Estrie · Quebec$38.69
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 | $20.00 – $33.00 | Undetermined |
| Prince Edward Island | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Nova Scotia | $28.00 | $18.88 – $35.13 | Good |
| New Brunswick | $28.00 | $21.00 – $34.28 | Moderate |
| Quebec | $38.00 | $25.00 – $43.34 | Very limited |
| Ontario | $35.48 | $24.00 – $48.73 | Moderate |
| Manitoba | $26.52 | $19.00 – $34.00 | Limited |
| Saskatchewan | $26.50 | $20.00 – $35.00 | Good |
| Alberta | $28.65 | $20.00 – $37.00 | Moderate |
| British Columbia | $30.00 | $22.00 – $39.84 | 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 50 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 | $26.00 | $21.00 – $33.00 | Undetermined |
| Cape Breton | Nova Scotia | Not published | Not published | Good |
| North Shore | Nova Scotia | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Annapolis Valley | Nova Scotia | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Southern | Nova Scotia | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Halifax | Nova Scotia | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Campbellton--Miramichi | New Brunswick | $26.50 | $22.00 – $33.14 | Undetermined |
| Moncton--Richibucto | New Brunswick | $30.00 | $22.00 – $35.00 | Moderate |
| Saint John--St. Stephen | New Brunswick | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Fredericton--Oromocto | New Brunswick | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Capitale-Nationale | Quebec | $40.00 | $25.10 – $43.00 | Limited |
| Chaudière-Appalaches | Quebec | $39.47 | $25.10 – $43.00 | Limited |
| Estrie | Quebec | $38.69 | $24.70 – $43.00 | Very limited |
| Centre-du-Québec | Quebec | $36.29 | $24.00 – $44.00 | Limited |
| Montérégie | Quebec | $37.89 | $25.00 – $43.34 | Very limited |
| Montréal | Quebec | $36.00 | $25.10 – $43.34 | Very limited |
| Laval | Quebec | $36.00 | $25.00 – $42.96 | Very limited |
| Lanaudière | Quebec | $38.00 | $25.10 – $43.34 | Very limited |
| Laurentides | Quebec | $38.69 | $25.10 – $43.34 | Limited |
| Outaouais | Quebec | $39.00 | $25.00 – $43.23 | Very limited |
| Abitibi-Témiscamingue | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Mauricie | Quebec | $36.00 | $22.73 – $43.00 | Limited |
| Saguenay--Lac-Saint-Jean | Quebec | $39.24 | $27.64 – $42.69 | Limited |
| Ottawa | Ontario | $35.00 | $23.51 – $42.96 | Good |
| Kingston--Pembroke | Ontario | $32.42 | $22.75 – $46.91 | Good |
| Muskoka--Kawarthas | Ontario | $35.48 | $24.00 – $48.73 | Moderate |
| Toronto | Ontario | $35.48 | $24.00 – $48.73 | Moderate |
| Kitchener--Waterloo--Barrie | Ontario | $33.50 | $23.75 – $48.73 | Moderate |
| Hamilton--Niagara Peninsula | Ontario | $35.64 | $24.56 – $47.50 | Moderate |
| London | Ontario | $34.21 | $22.95 – $41.74 | Moderate |
| Windsor--Sarnia | Ontario | $28.17 | $19.50 – $39.00 | Moderate |
| Stratford--Bruce Peninsula | Ontario | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Northeast | Ontario | $30.69 | $22.50 – $43.03 | Moderate |
| Southeast | Manitoba | $27.67 | $20.00 – $32.90 | Moderate |
| South Central | Manitoba | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| North Central | Manitoba | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Winnipeg | Manitoba | $27.00 | $19.00 – $34.00 | Limited |
| Regina--Moose Mountain | Saskatchewan | $26.50 | $20.00 – $32.00 | Moderate |
| Saskatoon--Biggar | Saskatchewan | $26.50 | $20.00 – $35.00 | Good |
| Yorkton--Melville | Saskatchewan | Not published | Not published | Very good |
| Lethbridge--Medicine Hat | Alberta | $26.88 | $20.00 – $31.50 | Moderate |
| Camrose--Drumheller | Alberta | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Calgary | Alberta | $28.00 | $21.00 – $35.00 | 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 – $40.38 | Moderate |
| Athabasca--Grande Prairie--Peace River | Alberta | $28.65 | $20.00 – $37.00 | Moderate |
| Vancouver Island and Coast | British Columbia | $32.40 | $24.00 – $40.00 | Limited |
| Lower Mainland | British Columbia | $28.07 | $21.34 – $39.84 | Limited |
| Thompson--Okanagan | British Columbia | $30.00 | $23.00 – $38.00 | 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.