Employment Indicators: Weekly As At 21 March 2022 – Information Release

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 13 February 2022:

• the number of paid jobs (compared with the previous week) were:
  • 2,320,860 total paid jobs (down 10,490 or 0.45 percent)
  • 106,380 paid jobs in primary industries (down 3,660 or 3.33 percent)
  • 448,630 paid jobs in goods-producing industries (down 1,090 or 0.24 percent)
  • 1,708,020 paid jobs in services industries (down 3,660 or 0.21 percent)
  • 57,820 paid jobs in unclassified industries (down 2,090 or 3.49 percent)
• the median income (compared with the previous week) was:
  • $1,153.00 (up $3.10 or 0.27 percent).

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