NOC 2021 · 92100 · TEER 2
Power engineers and power systems operators
Unit group 92100 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
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What this group covers
Power engineers operate and maintain reactors, turbines, boilers, generators, stationary engines and auxiliary equipment to generate electrical power and to provide heat, light, refrigeration and other utility services for commercial, institutional and industrial buildings and other work sites. Power systems operators monitor and operate switchboards and related equipment in electrical control centres to control the distribution of electrical power in transmission networks. They are employed by power generation plants, electrical power utilities, manufacturing plants, hospitals, universities and government and commercial establishments. 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.
- air compressor operator
- air conditioning system operator
- apprentice power dispatcher
- apprentice power dispatcher - electrical power systems
- apprentice power engineer
- apprentice stationary engineer
- area dispatch chief operator
- area dispatch chief operator - electrical power systems
- area load centre dispatcher
- automated substation operator - electrical power systems
- auxiliary equipment operator
- auxiliary plant operator
- biomass plant technician
- boiler operator
- boilerhouse operator
- building systems operator
- building systems technician
- central control room operator - electrical power systems
- central-office power control room operator - electrical power systems
- control room operator - electrical power systems
- control room operator trainee - electrical power systems
- conversion substation operator - electrical power systems
- cooling system operator
- diesel generating station operator - electrical power systems
- diesel plant operator - electrical power systems
- diesel station operator
- distribution control operator
- distribution control operator - electrical power systems
- distribution system dispatcher apprentice - electrical power systems
- distribution system operator
- electrical power systems operator
- electrical station operator
- electrical station operator - electrical power systems
- energy from waste plant operator
- energy recovery incinerator plant operator
- feeder switchboard apprentice operator - electrical power systems
- feeder switchboard operator - electrical power systems
- fifth-class stationary engineer
- first-class power engineer
- first-class stationary engineer
- fourth-class power engineer
- fourth-class stationary engineer
- furnace boiler operator
- generating station main operator
- generating station operator
- generating station operator - electrical power systems
- generating station switchboard operator
- generation substation operator - electrical power systems
- heating and ventilation equipment tender
- heating stationary engineer
- heavy water steam plant operator
- hospital stationary engineer
- humidifying systems operator
- hydro-electric generating station operator
- hydro-electric power plant operator
- load dispatcher - electrical power systems
- nuclear generating station field operator
- nuclear generating station operator
- nuclear reactor control room operator - electrical power systems
- nuclear reactor operator
- nuclear station control room operator
- plant maintenance stationary engineer
- power control room operator - electrical power systems
- power dispatcher
- power dispatcher - electrical power systems
- power dispatcher - generating station
- power engineer
- power engineer apprentice
- power plant operator
- power plant operator - electrical power systems
- power plant stationary engineer
- power reactor operator - electrical power systems
- power station operator - electrical power systems
- power substation operator
- power switchboard operator - electrical power systems
- power switchboard operator apprentice - electrical power systems
- power system operator
- power system operator - offshore drilling
- powerhouse operator
- rectifier operator - electrical power systems
- refrigeration plant operator
- second-class power engineer
- second-class stationary engineer
- station operator - electrical power systems
- stationary diesel engine operator
- stationary engineer
- stationary engineer "A" and refrigeration plant operator
- stationary engineer "B" and refrigeration plant operator
- stationary engineer apprentice
- stationary operating engineer
- stationary power engineer
- steam operator
- steam plant operator
- steam power plant stationary engineer
- steam turbine operator - electrical power systems
- substation operator
- substation operator - electrical power systems
- system control centre operator - electrical power systems
- thermal plant operator
- third-class power engineer
- third-class stationary engineer
- turbine operator - stationary engines
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
$49.23 an hour
Low $30.00, high $75.55
Where it pays most
- Wood Buffalo--Cold Lake · Alberta$68.90
- Stratford--Bruce Peninsula · Ontario$67.00
- Windsor--Sarnia · Ontario$60.00
- Lethbridge--Medicine Hat · Alberta$60.00
- Red Deer · Alberta$57.81
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 | $45.90 | $25.00 – $67.31 | Good |
| Prince Edward Island | $28.50 | $24.92 – $49.04 | Moderate |
| Nova Scotia | $35.00 | $25.37 – $50.00 | Moderate |
| New Brunswick | $43.27 | $25.85 – $58.15 | Good |
| Quebec | $37.50 | $24.60 – $57.00 | Limited |
| Ontario | $57.00 | $33.37 – $87.00 | Good |
| Manitoba | $39.50 | $29.00 – $50.48 | Moderate |
| Saskatchewan | $40.00 | $25.87 – $69.71 | Good |
| Alberta | $57.69 | $31.00 – $73.00 | Limited |
| British Columbia | $41.00 | $35.00 – $66.87 | Moderate |
| Yukon Territory | $49.36 | $30.04 – $74.74 | Moderate |
| Northwest Territories | $44.14 | $31.64 – $62.91 | Limited |
| Nunavut | $46.49 | $35.43 – $62.88 | Undetermined |
By economic region
The 70 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 | $40.00 | $31.49 – $70.99 | Good |
| South Coast--Burin Peninsula | Newfoundland and Labrador | $37.84 | $26.19 – $49.07 | Moderate |
| West Coast--Northern Peninsula--Labrador | Newfoundland and Labrador | $38.97 | $28.38 – $55.65 | Moderate |
| Notre Dame--Central Bonavista Bay | Newfoundland and Labrador | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Cape Breton | Nova Scotia | $39.04 | $28.98 – $55.72 | Moderate |
| North Shore | Nova Scotia | $36.24 | $27.24 – $50.31 | Moderate |
| Annapolis Valley | Nova Scotia | $34.30 | $26.57 – $47.56 | Moderate |
| Southern | Nova Scotia | $34.11 | $25.66 – $48.86 | Moderate |
| Halifax | Nova Scotia | $35.64 | $26.06 – $50.54 | Moderate |
| Campbellton--Miramichi | New Brunswick | $37.69 | $25.27 – $56.68 | Good |
| Moncton--Richibucto | New Brunswick | $37.26 | $24.35 – $46.63 | Good |
| Saint John--St. Stephen | New Brunswick | $48.08 | $28.00 – $55.00 | Good |
| Fredericton--Oromocto | New Brunswick | $39.38 | $25.66 – $54.79 | Good |
| Edmundston--Woodstock | New Brunswick | $38.78 | $24.53 – $48.45 | Good |
| Gaspésie--Îles-de-la-Madeleine | Quebec | $35.08 | $24.92 – $58.51 | Undetermined |
| Bas-Saint-Laurent | Quebec | $34.48 | $26.04 – $46.89 | Moderate |
| Capitale-Nationale | Quebec | $35.31 | $25.57 – $48.38 | Moderate |
| Chaudière-Appalaches | Quebec | $35.06 | $26.58 – $47.09 | Moderate |
| Estrie | Quebec | $34.91 | $26.12 – $46.66 | Moderate |
| Centre-du-Québec | Quebec | $36.60 | $27.91 – $52.38 | Limited |
| Montérégie | Quebec | $35.28 | $25.49 – $47.79 | Moderate |
| Montréal | Quebec | $34.35 | $25.09 – $46.71 | Limited |
| Laval | Quebec | $35.52 | $26.50 – $46.28 | Limited |
| Lanaudière | Quebec | $37.42 | $27.31 – $53.64 | Moderate |
| Laurentides | Quebec | $35.29 | $25.79 – $50.26 | Limited |
| Outaouais | Quebec | $39.99 | $30.15 – $57.84 | Moderate |
| Abitibi-Témiscamingue | Quebec | $41.34 | $29.06 – $59.88 | Moderate |
| Mauricie | Quebec | $38.54 | $28.44 – $54.28 | Limited |
| Saguenay--Lac-Saint-Jean | Quebec | $37.89 | $27.88 – $55.75 | Moderate |
| Côte-Nord | Quebec | $36.00 | $26.50 – $56.00 | Moderate |
| Nord-du-Québec | Quebec | $36.00 | $26.50 – $56.00 | Moderate |
| Ottawa | Ontario | $52.51 | $28.00 – $100.00 | Good |
| Kingston--Pembroke | Ontario | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Muskoka--Kawarthas | Ontario | $41.99 | $27.58 – $61.61 | Good |
| Toronto | Ontario | $57.16 | $38.46 – $82.42 | Good |
| Kitchener--Waterloo--Barrie | Ontario | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Hamilton--Niagara Peninsula | Ontario | $43.00 | $35.00 – $86.54 | Moderate |
| London | Ontario | $41.37 | $28.89 – $55.46 | Good |
| Windsor--Sarnia | Ontario | $60.00 | $32.05 – $66.00 | Moderate |
| Stratford--Bruce Peninsula | Ontario | $67.00 | $40.00 – $98.00 | Good |
| Northeast | Ontario | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Northwest | Ontario | $46.00 | $41.18 – $52.00 | Moderate |
| Southeast | Manitoba | $43.00 | $30.00 – $52.40 | Moderate |
| South Central | Manitoba | $31.70 | $22.52 – $44.92 | Moderate |
| Southwest | Manitoba | $47.20 | $25.00 – $50.00 | Moderate |
| North Central | Manitoba | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Winnipeg | Manitoba | $34.50 | $29.00 – $46.47 | Moderate |
| Interlake | Manitoba | $34.28 | $24.86 – $52.08 | Very good |
| Parklands | Manitoba | $35.35 | $26.38 – $51.26 | Undetermined |
| Regina--Moose Mountain | Saskatchewan | $38.00 | $25.00 – $64.00 | Good |
| Swift Current--Moose Jaw | Saskatchewan | $37.10 | $24.92 – $60.72 | Very good |
| Saskatoon--Biggar | Saskatchewan | $40.00 | $31.00 – $56.00 | Good |
| Yorkton--Melville | Saskatchewan | $36.82 | $26.32 – $61.54 | Undetermined |
| Prince Albert | Saskatchewan | $41.86 | $26.08 – $75.76 | Good |
| Northern | Saskatchewan | Not published | Not published | Good |
| Lethbridge--Medicine Hat | Alberta | $60.00 | $34.21 – $71.00 | Limited |
| Camrose--Drumheller | Alberta | $54.88 | $31.62 – $80.64 | Moderate |
| Calgary | Alberta | $48.06 | $28.00 – $73.00 | Limited |
| Banff--Jasper--Rocky Mountain House | Alberta | $49.72 | $29.85 – $75.02 | Moderate |
| Red Deer | Alberta | $57.81 | $33.92 – $84.10 | Limited |
| Edmonton | Alberta | $55.29 | $22.00 – $73.00 | Limited |
| Athabasca--Grande Prairie--Peace River | Alberta | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Wood Buffalo--Cold Lake | Alberta | $68.90 | $39.77 – $79.98 | Limited |
| Vancouver Island and Coast | British Columbia | $41.68 | $29.84 – $62.10 | Moderate |
| Lower Mainland | British Columbia | $40.00 | $34.00 – $63.00 | Good |
| Thompson--Okanagan | British Columbia | $41.21 | $29.37 – $63.35 | Moderate |
| Kootenay | British Columbia | $42.10 | $30.85 – $62.84 | Moderate |
| Cariboo | British Columbia | $43.79 | $19.00 – $66.87 | Limited |
| North Coast | British Columbia | $45.65 | $32.82 – $69.62 | Undetermined |
| Northeast | British Columbia | $40.00 | $37.33 – $62.25 | 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.