Employment indicators: Weekly as at 22 August 2022 – Media release
25 August 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 July 2022:
- the number of paid jobs (compared with the previous week) were:
- 2,322,140 total paid jobs (down 2,830 or 0.12 percent)
- 97,600 paid jobs in primary industries (up 500 or 0.51 percent)
- 443,180 paid jobs in goods-producing industries (up 1,300 or 0.29 percent)
- 1,721,240 paid jobs in services industries (down 2,170 or 0.13 percent)
- 60,120 paid jobs in unclassified industries (down 2,470 or 3.95 percent)
- the median income (compared with the previous week) was:
- $1,165.02 (down $1.61 or 0.14 percent).
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