NOC 2021 · 73112 · TEER 3
Painters and decorators (except interior decorators)
Unit group 73112 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
What this group covers
Painters and decorators apply paint, wallpaper and other finishes to interior and exterior surfaces of buildings and other structures. They are employed by construction companies, painting contractors and building maintenance 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.
- apprentice industrial painter and decorator
- apprentice painter and decorator
- bridge painter
- building painter
- commercial building painter
- commercial construction painter
- construction painter
- house painter
- industrial construction painter
- industrial maintenance painter
- journeyman/woman painter and decorator
- maintenance painter
- painter
- painter and decorator
- painter and decorator apprentice
- painter and paperhanger
- painter-decorator
- paperhanger
- plant maintenance painter
- residential construction painter
- residential painter
- roof painter
- rough painter - construction
- specialized painter and decorator
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
$28.00 an hour
Low $20.00, high $40.99
Where it pays most
- Bas-Saint-Laurent · Quebec$37.23
- Laurentides · Quebec$36.00
- Laval · Quebec$35.56
- Saguenay--Lac-Saint-Jean · Quebec$35.56
- Chaudière-Appalaches · Quebec$35.22
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 | $18.00 – $38.00 | Moderate |
| Prince Edward Island | $22.00 | $18.50 – $26.00 | Good |
| Nova Scotia | $23.00 | $18.00 – $33.24 | Good |
| New Brunswick | $22.00 | $18.00 – $29.12 | Moderate |
| Quebec | $34.98 | $24.00 – $41.83 | Very limited |
| Ontario | $25.00 | $20.00 – $34.80 | Moderate |
| Manitoba | $24.00 | $17.00 – $30.00 | Moderate |
| Saskatchewan | $23.00 | $18.00 – $30.00 | Good |
| Alberta | $26.00 | $20.00 – $34.82 | Limited |
| British Columbia | $28.00 | $21.00 – $35.00 | Moderate |
| Yukon Territory | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Northwest Territories | Not published | Not published | Undetermined |
| Nunavut | Not published | Not published | Undetermined |
By economic region
The 58 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 | $18.25 – $35.00 | Moderate |
| Notre Dame--Central Bonavista Bay | Newfoundland and Labrador | $25.00 | $18.38 – $41.42 | Undetermined |
| Cape Breton | Nova Scotia | $25.00 | $17.22 – $37.87 | 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 | $23.00 | $18.00 – $27.88 | Good |
| Campbellton--Miramichi | New Brunswick | $23.18 | $18.00 – $30.00 | Limited |
| Moncton--Richibucto | New Brunswick | $23.00 | $19.25 – $28.00 | Moderate |
| Saint John--St. Stephen | New Brunswick | $21.00 | $17.00 – $32.00 | Moderate |
| Fredericton--Oromocto | New Brunswick | $20.00 | $17.00 – $23.00 | Moderate |
| Edmundston--Woodstock | New Brunswick | Not published | Not published | Limited |
| Bas-Saint-Laurent | Quebec | $37.23 | $24.59 – $41.83 | Limited |
| Capitale-Nationale | Quebec | $34.00 | $24.00 – $41.00 | Very limited |
| Chaudière-Appalaches | Quebec | $35.22 | $23.95 – $41.83 | Very limited |
| Estrie | Quebec | $33.00 | $22.09 – $41.46 | Very limited |
| Centre-du-Québec | Quebec | $31.20 | $22.55 – $41.83 | Limited |
| Montérégie | Quebec | $35.00 | $24.00 – $41.83 | Limited |
| Montréal | Quebec | $34.00 | $24.00 – $41.43 | Limited |
| Laval | Quebec | $35.56 | $24.00 – $41.83 | Limited |
| Lanaudière | Quebec | $35.00 | $24.10 – $41.83 | Very limited |
| Laurentides | Quebec | $36.00 | $24.59 – $41.44 | Limited |
| Outaouais | Quebec | $32.00 | $24.00 – $41.83 | Limited |
| Abitibi-Témiscamingue | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Mauricie | Quebec | $29.00 | $21.00 – $41.00 | Very limited |
| Saguenay--Lac-Saint-Jean | Quebec | $35.56 | $24.00 – $41.83 | Very limited |
| Ottawa | Ontario | $25.00 | $20.00 – $30.00 | Moderate |
| Kingston--Pembroke | Ontario | $25.00 | $18.50 – $30.00 | Good |
| Muskoka--Kawarthas | Ontario | $24.25 | $19.00 – $30.00 | Moderate |
| Toronto | Ontario | $29.00 | $20.00 – $39.45 | Moderate |
| Kitchener--Waterloo--Barrie | Ontario | $26.00 | $20.00 – $34.08 | Moderate |
| Hamilton--Niagara Peninsula | Ontario | $25.00 | $20.00 – $30.38 | Moderate |
| London | Ontario | $23.78 | $19.50 – $30.00 | Moderate |
| Windsor--Sarnia | Ontario | $25.00 | $19.00 – $35.00 | Limited |
| Stratford--Bruce Peninsula | Ontario | $25.00 | $20.00 – $34.00 | Moderate |
| Northeast | Ontario | $25.00 | $20.00 – $31.00 | Moderate |
| Southeast | Manitoba | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| South Central | Manitoba | Not published | Not published | Good |
| North Central | Manitoba | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Winnipeg | Manitoba | $24.00 | $18.00 – $30.00 | Moderate |
| Interlake | Manitoba | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Regina--Moose Mountain | Saskatchewan | $23.50 | $16.00 – $30.00 | Very good |
| Swift Current--Moose Jaw | Saskatchewan | Not published | Not published | Very good |
| Saskatoon--Biggar | Saskatchewan | $24.00 | $18.00 – $33.00 | Good |
| Yorkton--Melville | Saskatchewan | Not published | Not published | Very good |
| Prince Albert | Saskatchewan | $23.00 | $18.00 – $30.00 | Good |
| Northern | Saskatchewan | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Lethbridge--Medicine Hat | Alberta | $23.00 | $18.50 – $28.00 | Limited |
| Camrose--Drumheller | Alberta | Not published | Not published | Limited |
| Calgary | Alberta | $25.00 | $20.00 – $32.00 | Limited |
| Banff--Jasper--Rocky Mountain House | Alberta | Not published | Not published | Limited |
| Red Deer | Alberta | $26.00 | $20.00 – $34.82 | Moderate |
| Edmonton | Alberta | $27.00 | $20.00 – $36.86 | Limited |
| Athabasca--Grande Prairie--Peace River | Alberta | Not published | Not published | Limited |
| Vancouver Island and Coast | British Columbia | $27.00 | $22.00 – $32.40 | Limited |
| Lower Mainland | British Columbia | $28.00 | $21.00 – $35.00 | Moderate |
| Thompson--Okanagan | British Columbia | $27.00 | $21.00 – $33.60 | Moderate |
| Kootenay | British Columbia | $27.00 | $22.00 – $32.00 | 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.