NOC 2021 · 83100 · TEER 3
Underground production and development miners
Unit group 83100 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
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What this group covers
Underground production and development miners drill, blast, operate mining machinery, and perform related duties to extract coal and ore in underground mines and to construct tunnels, passageways and shafts to facilitate mining operations. They are employed by coal, metal and non-metallic mineral underground mines and by specialized contractors in mine construction, shaft sinking and tunnelling. 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 miner
- bench blaster - underground mining
- blast hole driller - underground mining
- blaster - underground mining
- blockholer - underground mining
- bolter operator - underground mining
- brine well tender
- chute blaster
- chute blaster - underground mining
- coal miner
- continuous mining machine operator
- core driller
- core driller - underground mining
- core-drill operator
- core-drill operator - underground mining
- cutting machine operator - underground mining
- development miner
- diamond driller - underground mining
- diamond-drill operator
- diamond-drill runner - underground mining
- diamond-point drill operator
- diesel loaderman/woman - underground mining
- downhole loader - underground mining
- drift driller - underground mining
- drift miner
- driller - underground mining
- drilling machine operator - underground mining
- faceman/woman - coal mine
- hang-up blaster - underground mining
- hardrock miner
- hardrock miner apprentice
- high-raise blaster
- hoist operator - underground mining
- hoistman/woman underground mining
- hydraulic coal monitor operator
- in-hole drill operator - underground mining
- in-the-hole (ITH) driller
- jack leg drill operator - underground mining
- jumbo drill operator
- jumbo drill operator - underground mining
- load-haul-dump (LHD) operator - underground mining
- loading machine operator - underground mining
- long-hole blaster - underground mining
- long-hole driller - underground mining
- longwall coal shearer operator
- miner
- mining machine operator
- mucker - underground mining
- mucking machine operator
- mucking machine operator - underground mining
- potash miner
- powderman/woman - underground mining
- production driller
- production loader operator
- production miner
- raise boring machine operator - underground mining
- raise driller - underground mining
- raise miner
- raiseman/woman
- ring drill operator
- roadheader operator
- rockbolter
- roof bolter
- rotary raise driller - underground mining
- scoop operator - underground mining
- scooptram operator
- scooptram operator - underground mining
- shaft driller
- shaft inspector
- shaft miner
- shearer operator - underground mining
- shearing machine operator - underground mining
- shot firer
- shot firer - underground mining
- shotman/woman - underground mining
- slusher operator - underground mining
- soft rock miner
- stope driller - underground mining
- stope miner
- undercutter operator - underground mining
- wagon drill operator - underground mining
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
$42.00 an hour
Low $28.00, high $56.00
Where it pays most
- Southwest · Manitoba$50.72
- Prince Albert · Saskatchewan$48.65
- Stratford--Bruce Peninsula · Ontario$48.48
- Regina--Moose Mountain · Saskatchewan$48.00
- Thompson--Okanagan · British Columbia$47.87
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 | $40.00 | $28.75 – $53.70 | Good |
| Prince Edward Island | Not published | Not published | Undetermined |
| Nova Scotia | $32.00 | $22.89 – $55.00 | Very limited |
| New Brunswick | $38.46 | $22.00 – $56.00 | Limited |
| Quebec | $42.00 | $28.00 – $65.93 | Moderate |
| Ontario | $39.70 | $27.52 – $56.00 | Very limited |
| Manitoba | $38.00 | $22.89 – $56.00 | Limited |
| Saskatchewan | $47.00 | $31.00 – $57.00 | Good |
| Alberta | $43.00 | $28.00 – $52.00 | Limited |
| British Columbia | $43.00 | $34.97 – $50.33 | Limited |
| Yukon Territory | $43.62 | $25.74 – $73.96 | Undetermined |
| Northwest Territories | $44.32 | $26.17 – $82.28 | Limited |
| Nunavut | $41.00 | $30.00 – $60.00 | Moderate |
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 | $35.80 | $28.00 – $50.00 | Good |
| South Coast--Burin Peninsula | Newfoundland and Labrador | $39.29 | $23.81 – $74.54 | Good |
| West Coast--Northern Peninsula--Labrador | Newfoundland and Labrador | $46.18 | $33.30 – $52.11 | Good |
| Notre Dame--Central Bonavista Bay | Newfoundland and Labrador | $39.29 | $23.81 – $74.54 | Good |
| Cape Breton | Nova Scotia | Not published | Not published | Limited |
| North Shore | Nova Scotia | $32.00 | $22.89 – $55.00 | Limited |
| Annapolis Valley | Nova Scotia | Not published | Not published | Limited |
| Southern | Nova Scotia | Not published | Not published | Limited |
| Campbellton--Miramichi | New Brunswick | $39.00 | $32.00 – $56.00 | Limited |
| Saint John--St. Stephen | New Brunswick | $47.72 | $26.74 – $76.84 | Undetermined |
| Edmundston--Woodstock | New Brunswick | Not published | Not published | Limited |
| Gaspésie--Îles-de-la-Madeleine | Quebec | $40.00 | $22.20 – $50.84 | Moderate |
| Bas-Saint-Laurent | Quebec | $39.18 | $23.27 – $56.53 | Moderate |
| Capitale-Nationale | Quebec | $46.26 | $31.25 – $68.03 | Limited |
| Chaudière-Appalaches | Quebec | $37.05 | $24.46 – $46.87 | Limited |
| Estrie | Quebec | $42.97 | $27.07 – $65.74 | Good |
| Centre-du-Québec | Quebec | $46.99 | $28.57 – $64.33 | Good |
| Montérégie | Quebec | $42.65 | $27.07 – $61.54 | Moderate |
| Lanaudière | Quebec | $44.11 | $27.28 – $64.31 | Moderate |
| Laurentides | Quebec | $41.09 | $25.17 – $63.21 | Moderate |
| Outaouais | Quebec | $43.55 | $27.12 – $65.33 | Limited |
| Abitibi-Témiscamingue | Quebec | $42.00 | $28.00 – $67.00 | Good |
| Mauricie | Quebec | $40.24 | $25.60 – $52.95 | Undetermined |
| Saguenay--Lac-Saint-Jean | Quebec | $40.00 | $29.00 – $48.00 | Moderate |
| Côte-Nord | Quebec | $46.00 | $28.00 – $55.00 | Moderate |
| Nord-du-Québec | Quebec | $46.00 | $28.00 – $55.00 | Moderate |
| Ottawa | Ontario | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Muskoka--Kawarthas | Ontario | $41.68 | $28.26 – $57.48 | Undetermined |
| Toronto | Ontario | $41.89 | $32.38 – $59.67 | Very limited |
| Kitchener--Waterloo--Barrie | Ontario | $41.33 | $29.40 – $57.97 | Limited |
| Hamilton--Niagara Peninsula | Ontario | $41.13 | $32.07 – $55.91 | Undetermined |
| Windsor--Sarnia | Ontario | $41.93 | $30.96 – $58.54 | Limited |
| Stratford--Bruce Peninsula | Ontario | $48.48 | $36.55 – $68.34 | Moderate |
| Northeast | Ontario | $39.00 | $28.00 – $57.69 | Very limited |
| Northwest | Ontario | $42.00 | $22.00 – $57.26 | Very limited |
| Southeast | Manitoba | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Southwest | Manitoba | $50.72 | $38.70 – $73.39 | Limited |
| Winnipeg | Manitoba | $40.08 | $26.48 – $63.09 | Limited |
| Parklands | Manitoba | $41.00 | $29.50 – $56.00 | Limited |
| North | Manitoba | $41.00 | $29.50 – $56.00 | Limited |
| Regina--Moose Mountain | Saskatchewan | $48.00 | $40.00 – $54.00 | Good |
| Swift Current--Moose Jaw | Saskatchewan | $47.80 | $38.46 – $68.05 | Good |
| Saskatoon--Biggar | Saskatchewan | $47.00 | $31.00 – $60.00 | Good |
| Yorkton--Melville | Saskatchewan | $45.78 | $40.00 – $52.72 | Good |
| Prince Albert | Saskatchewan | $48.65 | $33.82 – $68.54 | Good |
| Northern | Saskatchewan | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Lethbridge--Medicine Hat | Alberta | $43.80 | $28.98 – $47.00 | Limited |
| Calgary | Alberta | $43.88 | $33.19 – $62.62 | Limited |
| Banff--Jasper--Rocky Mountain House | Alberta | $43.00 | $38.00 – $50.00 | Limited |
| Edmonton | Alberta | $47.18 | $31.67 – $66.68 | Limited |
| Athabasca--Grande Prairie--Peace River | Alberta | $43.00 | $38.00 – $50.00 | Limited |
| Wood Buffalo--Cold Lake | Alberta | $45.00 | $27.87 – $72.94 | Moderate |
| Vancouver Island and Coast | British Columbia | $41.00 | $34.00 – $58.00 | Very limited |
| Lower Mainland | British Columbia | $44.20 | $29.44 – $71.54 | Very limited |
| Thompson--Okanagan | British Columbia | $47.87 | $33.90 – $69.14 | Limited |
| Kootenay | British Columbia | $46.00 | $36.00 – $50.00 | Moderate |
| Cariboo | British Columbia | $40.00 | $32.05 – $45.00 | Moderate |
| North Coast | British Columbia | $43.00 | $37.83 – $50.00 | Very limited |
| Nechako | British Columbia | $43.00 | $37.83 – $50.00 | Very limited |
| Northeast | British Columbia | $40.31 | $36.00 – $44.00 | 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 Labour Force Survey (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.