SASKATCHEWAN WORKERS EARNING MORE

Saskatchewan led the country in wage increases in April, with the province's workers seeing the highest year-over-year increase in Canada.

According to Statistics Canada's Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours, Saskatchewan's average year-over-year wage increase of 5.7 per cent, tied with Alberta's as the highest increase in Canada. The national year-over-year increase was 3.3 per cent.

"We continue to see good news stories about the province of Saskatchewan," Advanced Education, Employment and Labour Minister Rob Norris said. "Economic indicators such as average weekly earnings demonstrate that residents of Saskatchewan are benefitting from our strong economic growth."

Saskatchewan's average weekly earnings of $835.39 are the third highest in Canada after Alberta ($989.93) and Ontario ($871.43).

"Our unemployment rate is consistently the lowest in Canada, and we know that opportunities abound in the province," Norris said. "There are currently more than 6,000 jobs available in communities throughout the province on saskjobs.ca."

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For more information, contact:

Jennifer Veri
Advanced Education, Employment and Labour
Regina
Phone: 306-787-1331