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Average hourly wage in Canada now $34.95: StatCan (www.ctvnews.ca)

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Canada's economy added five times the number of jobs that were forecast for April and the unemployment rate unexpectedly held at 6.1 per cent, but wages grew at the slowest pace in 10 months, data showed on Friday.

The economy added a net 90,400 jobs while analysts polled by Reuters had forecast a gain of 18,000 jobs and the unemployment rate to rise to 6.2 per cent.

The gains - largest since the 110,000 jobs added in January 2023 - were a mix of part-time and full-time work, and entirely in the services-producing industries, data from Statistics Canada showed.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago

I can almost guarantee you that very few (if any) service industry jobs are paying $34.95 per hour.

Even if it was, it means that two full time average salaries aren't even enough to buy a less than average dwelling in any Canadian cities.