Employment Indicators: Weekly As At 23 May 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 17 April 2022:

• the number of paid jobs (compared with the previous week) were:
  • 2,322,580 total paid jobs (up 1,860 or 0.08 percent)
  • 103,400 paid jobs in primary industries (up 170 or 0.16 percent)
  • 445,440 paid jobs in goods-producing industries (up 700 or 0.16 percent)
  • 1,718,660 paid jobs in services industries (up 4,410 or 0.26 percent)
  • 55,090 paid jobs in unclassified industries (down 3,420 or 5.85 percent)
• the median income (compared with the previous week) was:
  • $1,161.52 (down $1.94 or 0.17 percent).

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