Employment Indicators: Weekly As At 7 March 2022

The experimental weekly series provides an early indicator of employment and labour market changes in a more timely manner than the monthly employment indicators series.

Key facts

The 6-day series includes jobs with a pay period equal to or less than 7 days, while the 20-day series covers jobs with pay periods of 14 days or fewer. The 34-day series includes all jobs regardless of their pay period.

The 34-day series indicated that for the latest week, the week ended 30 January 2022:

• the number of paid jobs (compared with the previous week) were:
  • 2,320,780 total paid jobs (up 27,260 or 1.19 percent)
  • 111,520 paid jobs in primary industries (down 1,610 or 1.42 percent)
  • 447,120 paid jobs in goods-producing industries (up 1,740 or 0.39 percent)
  • 1,703,430 paid jobs in services industries (up 25,850 or 1.54 percent)
  • 58,710 paid jobs in unclassified industries (up 1,280 or 2.23 percent)
• the median income (compared with the previous week) was:
  • $1,134.00 (down $5.50 or 0.48 percent).

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