Job Market Report - January 14, 2010

Day 786, 12:03 • Published in Canada Canada • by Toonton Enterprises

This is the Job Market report, dated January 14, 2010, day 786.

Skill Level 0: $1.61 – up $0.06 from January 11 – down $0.19 from January 7 (one week)
Skill Level 1: $2.29 – down $0.06 from January 11 – down $0.21 from January 7
Skill Level 2: $3.55 – down $1.45 from January 11 – down $0.85 from January 7
Skill Level 3: $5.03 – down $1.68 from January 11 – down $1.67 from January 7
Skill Level 4: $8.00 – down $1.91 from January 11 – down $0.65 from January 7
Skill Level 5: $13.00 – up $0.70 from January 11 – up $1.00 from January 7
Skill Level 6: $14.00 – up $0.50 from January 11 – up $0.50 from January 7
Skill Level 7: $22.05 – up $2.45 from January 11 – up $0.55 from January 7


There significant differences between the high offer and the second highest at Skill Level 5.
Skill Level 5: High offer: $13.00 – next highest offer: $12.60 - ∆ $0.40

Wages were down significantly from the last report in Skill Levels 1-4 and down on the week in Skill Levels 0-4. There is upward pressure in the higher Skill Levels which may indicate a stability – workers not switching jobs without considerable wage changes – in the labour force at these levels.

Turning to the Land sector I am only able to give you one day changes.
Skill Level 0: $1.75 – up $0.15 from January 11 – down $0.25 from January 7
Skill Level 1: $3.00 – up $0.75 from January 11 – up $0.24 from January 7
Skill Level 2: $4.00 – down $1.01 from January 11 – down $1.65 from January 7
Skill Level 3: $7.00 – down $0.50 from January 11 – down $2.07 from January 7
Skill Level 4: $10.72 – up $0.65 from January 11 – down $0.73 from January 7
Skill Level 5: $14.01 – up $1.01 from January 11 – down $1.49 from January 7
Skill Level 6: $18.64 – up $0.84 from January 11 – down $0.11 from January 7
Skill Level 7: $23.75 – up $2.24 from January 11 – up $0.24 from January 7

Wage offers are down by significant amounts for most Skill Levels over the past week. There does seem to be some rebound at all Skill Levels except 2 and 3 which are down since the last report. This sector remains the highest paid in eCanada.

In the Construction Sector I am again including the number of offers on the market at each level.
Skill Level 0: $1.75 – up $0.25 from January 11 – no change from January 7 (one week)
Skill Level 1: $1.75 – down $0.29 from January 11 – down $0.29 from January 7
Skill Level 2: $2.00 – down $0.02 from January 11 – down $0.15 from January 7
Skill Level 3: $3.00 – down $0.01 from January 11 – down $0.50 from January 7
Skill Level 4: $5.15 – up $0.15 from January 11 – up $0.39 from January 7
Skill Level 5: $6.55 – unchanged from January 11 – up $0.15 from January 7
Skill Level 6: $9.65 – up $0.10 from January 11 – up $1.55 from January 7
Skill Level 7: $10.75 – up $0.14 from January 11 – down $0.55 from January 7

The least well paid of the three job sectors, the downward trend in wage offers in Skill Levels 0-3 can probably attributed to the small number of offers at these levels. There are as many job offers at Skill Level 4 than at Skill Levels 0,1, and 2 combined. This in turn makes analysis of significant differences in wage offers irrelevant. The only major difference is at Skill Level 3 where there are only two offers and one is $1.51. There seems to be no incentive based on wages to choose the Construction Trades as a primary or even a secondary career.