NOC 2021 · minor groupAcross the economy

Technical occupations in electronics and electrical engineering

103,225 people in Canada, 16.3% of them in Manufacturing. Found in at least fourteen of the twenty sectors, with no single one holding 30% of it. At any size, an employer in any industry might have this role.

EmployedA
103,225
Canada, 2021 Census
Sectors employing itA
14
of 20, at 1% or more
Largest sectorA
16.3%
Manufacturing
Median pay
$84,178
across 4 job titles
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Where this work is done

The measured share of everyone in this occupation, by sector. It is spread across the economy — a job almost any employer might have.

Manufacturing 16.3%
Construction 12.7%
Professional, scientific and technical services 11.8%
Wholesale trade 7.9%
Other services (except public administration) 7.8%
Retail trade 6.7%
Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services 6.6%
Utilities 5.8%
Public administration 4.9%
Information and cultural industries 4.3%
Transportation and warehousing 3.7%
Health care and social assistance 3.5%
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction 3%
Educational services 2.2%
02

The jobs inside it

Statistics Canada counts these together as one minor group. These are the job titles underneath.

Electrical and electronics engineering technologists and technicians 22310Electronic service technicians (household and business equipment) 22311Industrial instrument technicians and mechanics 22312Aircraft instrument, electrical and avionics mechanics, technicians and inspectors 22313

Sources for this page

The sector split is a count; the industry tag is a reading of it. Statistics Canada publishes this cross-tabulation against the twenty NAICS sectors and no finer, so everything above the industry table is measured and the table itself is judgment — offered because "which industry employs a veterinarian" has a useful answer that the published data stops just short of.