NOC 73113: Floor covering installers
What floor covering installers do
Floor covering installers install carpet, wood, linoleum, vinyl and other resilient floor coverings in residential, commercial, industrial and institutional buildings. They are employed by construction companies, floor-covering contractors and carpet outlets, or they may be self-employed. Apprentices are also included in this unit group.
Main duties
This group performs some or all of the following duties:
- Inspect, measure and mark surfaces to be covered
- Measure, cut and fasten underlay and underpadding
- Measure, cut and install carpeting using hand or machine stitcher, seaming iron, bonding tape or other bonding materials
- Stretch carpeting using knee-kicker or power stretcher and secure carpeting to floor or other surfaces using staple gun or other devices
- Measure, cut and install resilient floor covering using adhesive, rollers and other hand tools
- Install hardwood floors, such as strip floors, block floors or plank floors, using glue, staples, nails or other means
- Inspect and repair damaged floor coverings
- May estimate material and labour costs.
Job titles under NOC 73113
31 job titles are classified here, including carpet layer, floor covering installer apprentice, floor covering mechanic.
- apprentice floor covering installer
- broadloom installer
- carpet installer
- carpet layer
- composition floor layer
- floor covering installer
- floor covering installer apprentice
- floor covering mechanic
- floor layer
- floor sheeting layer
- floor tile layer
- hardwood floor covering installer
- hardwood floor layer
- journeyman/woman floor covering installer
- journeyman/woman floor mechanic
- linoleum floor covering installer
- linoleum floor covering layer
- linoleum floor installer
- linoleum floor layer
- parquet floor layer
- residential floor and wall covering installer
- residential wall and floor covering installer
- resilient floor installer
- resilient floor layer
Employment requirements
- Completion of secondary school is usually required.
- Completion of a two- to three-year apprenticeship program or Over four years of work experience in the trade and some courses in floor covering installation are usually required to be eligible for trade certification.
- Trade certification for floor covering installers is compulsory in Quebec and available, but voluntary, in Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Ontario, Manitoba, Alberta, British Columbia, the Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut.
- Red Seal endorsement is also available to qualified floor covering installers upon successful completion of the interprovincial Red Seal examination.
Floor covering installers wages in Canada
Low, median and high hourly wages from Job Bank’s 2025 wage data. Annual figures assume full-time work (1,950 hours a year).
| Where | Low | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|
Canada | $17.00/hr | $26.00/hr | $43.00/hr |
Toronto ON | $17.60/hr | $26.20/hr | $35.80/hr |
Montréal QC | $24.42/hr | $35.00/hr | $43.27/hr |
Vancouver Lower Mainland region, BC | $22.50/hr | $30.00/hr | $40.00/hr |
Calgary AB | $20.38/hr | $25.69/hr | $34.25/hr |
Edmonton AB | $20.80/hr | $26.42/hr | $37.50/hr |
Ottawa ON | $18.89/hr | $24.27/hr | $32.47/hr |
Winnipeg MB | $16.00/hr | $20.75/hr | $29.46/hr |
Québec City Quebec region, QC | $24.42/hr | $36.60/hr | $43.27/hr |
Hamilton Hamilton–Niagara Peninsula region, ON | $19.42/hr | $26.23/hr | $36.65/hr |
Kitchener-Waterloo Kitchener–Waterloo–Barrie region, ON | $20.05/hr | $26.91/hr | $37.71/hr |
London ON | $19.70/hr | $24.86/hr | $33.52/hr |
Halifax NS | $16.84/hr | $20.51/hr | $29.45/hr |
Victoria Vancouver Island and Coast region, BC | $22.00/hr | $30.00/hr | $39.20/hr |
| Where | Low | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|
Newfoundland and Labrador | $16.64/hr | $23.69/hr | $33.69/hr |
Nova Scotia | $20.00/hr | $20.50/hr | $26.44/hr |
New Brunswick | $20.25/hr | $23.14/hr | $28.34/hr |
Quebec | $24.42/hr | $36.60/hr | $43.27/hr |
Ontario | $17.60/hr | $26.00/hr | $35.00/hr |
Manitoba | $16.00/hr | $22.40/hr | $31.00/hr |
Saskatchewan | $20.00/hr | $25.00/hr | $31.25/hr |
Alberta | $17.00/hr | $25.00/hr | $42.31/hr |
British Columbia | $22.00/hr | $30.00/hr | $39.20/hr |
Using NOC 73113 for your resume or Express Entry profile
- IRCC asks you to make sure the main duties listed for your NOC match what you actually did at your job. If they don’t, look for another unit group whose duties do.
- Describe your own work in your own words. Recruiters and ATS software look for concrete tools, results and scope, not text copied from the NOC.
- Applying from outside Canada? Run your resume through the Canadian resume format checker to catch things Canadian employers don’t expect, like a photo or date of birth.
- Use the job title the employer’s posting uses. The 31 titles above are how the same work is named across employers.
Not in this group
Similar jobs classified under a different NOC code:
- Floor covering supervisor (NOC 72014)
Frequently asked questions
What is the NOC code for floor covering installers?
Floor covering installers are NOC 2021 unit group 73113. Example job titles in this group include carpet layer, floor covering installer apprentice, floor covering mechanic, hardwood floor layer.
What TEER is NOC 73113?
NOC 73113 is TEER 3 (College or apprenticeship (under 2 years)). Usually requires a college program or apprenticeship of less than 2 years, or more than six months of on-the-job training. TEER 0, 1, 2 and 3 work counts as skilled work experience for Express Entry’s Federal Skilled Worker and Canadian Experience Class programs.
How much do floor covering installers earn in Canada?
Job Bank's 2025 wage data puts the median at $26.00/hr, about $51,000 a year full-time, with a range of $17.00/hr to $43.00/hr.
Related occupations
Sources: Statistics Canada, National Occupational Classification (NOC) 2021 Version 1.0; Employment and Social Development Canada, Job Bank wages (2025). Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada. OfferJetAI is not affiliated with the Government of Canada. Check IRCC’s NOC guidance before you apply.