Employment Indicators: Weekly As At 11 April 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 6 March 2022:

• the number of paid jobs (compared with the previous week) were:
  • 2,322,100 total paid jobs (up 5,940 or 0.26 percent)
  • 106,640 paid jobs in primary industries (up 480 or 0.45 percent)
  • 447,370 paid jobs in goods-producing industries (up 810 or 0.18 percent)
  • 1,708,310 paid jobs in services industries (up 3,510 or 0.21 percent)
  • 59,780 paid jobs in unclassified industries (up 1,140 or 1.94 percent)
• the median income (compared with the previous week) was:
  • $1,144.23 (down $9.62 or 0.83 percent).

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