Employment Indicators: Weekly As At 30 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 24 April 2022:

• the number of paid jobs (compared with the previous week) were:
  • 2,327,390 total paid jobs (up 4,810 or 0.21 percent)
  • 103,610 paid jobs in primary industries (up 210 or 0.20 percent)
  • 446,430 paid jobs in goods-producing industries (up 990 or 0.22 percent)
  • 1,719,510 paid jobs in services industries (up 850 or 0.05 percent)
  • 57,830 paid jobs in unclassified industries (up 2,740 or 4.97 percent)
• the median income (compared with the previous week) was:
  • $1,167.50 (up $5.98 or 0.51 percent).

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