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A visitor can explore careers by occupation, wages and outlook, education programme, or skills and knowledge. If the visitor searches by occupation then the site provides a list of jobs from the Canadian Job Bank accompanied by median income for the geographical region, where available, and other information.
In 2013, 50% of minimum wage workers were between the ages of 15 and 19; in 1997, it was 36%. 50.2% of workers in this age group were paid minimum wage in 2013, an increase from 31.5% in 1997. Statistics Canada notes that "youth, women and persons with a low level of education were the groups most likely to be paid at minimum wage." [2]
Average wages can differ from median wages; for example, the Social Security Administration estimated that the 2020 average wage in the United States was $53,383, while the 2020 median wage was $34,612. [1]
For the analysis of income, Statistics Canada distinguishes between the following statistical units: Households: "a person or group of persons who occupy the same dwelling" [ 1 ] Economic families: "two or more persons who live in the same dwelling and are related to each other by blood, marriage, common-law union, adoption or a foster ...
The Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics) (OEWS) survey is a semi-annual survey of approximately 200,000 non-farm business establishments conducted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), headquartered in Washington, DC with six regional offices and one office in each state. Until the spring of 2021 it was officially called the ...
Canada * 1 19 79 2021 Cape Verde * 11 22 67 2021 Cayman Islands * 1.9 19.1 79 2008 est. Central African Republic * 69 7 25 2021 Chad * 69 10 21 2021 Channel Islands 2 25 72 2021 Chile * 7 23 70 2021 China * 24 28 47 2021 Colombia * 16 20 64 2021 Comoros * 35 20 45 2021 Congo * 36 21 43 2021 Cook Islands * 29 15 56
The 2011 revision combined the variation National Occupational Classification for Statistics (NOC-S) and the 2006 NOC version into one system with structural changes. [3] The 2016 revision was minor and the NOC content is now continually updated; however its structure is set to be revised every 10 years. [ 4 ]
One of the characteristics of a union is to try to bargain and negotiate wages and hours. Unions also try to reduce or eliminate pay discrimination and low wages. [1] The wage gap of non-union workers and unionized workers since the 1970s has varied between 21% and 32% in Canada.