Job Vacancy & Wage Survey
Job Vacancy & Wage Survey, 4th Quarter in 2022: Nova Scotia Highlights
The number of job vacancies in Nova Scotia decreased by 5.5% to 21,700 in Q4 of 2022. The vacancy rate is higher than one year ago (there were 20,330 vacancies in Q4 of 2021).
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Job vacancies in Q4 of 2022 in Nova Scotia decreased by 1,260 (-5.5%) compared to last quarter
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The average offered hourly wage is $21.88, up $1.05 (+5.0%) compared to last quarter.
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During Q4 of 2022, all economic regions posted wage gains for vacant positions. The highest increase was in the Cape Breton region (+18.5%), followed by the Annapolis Valley (+4.5%), Halifax (+3.7%), Southern (+2.6%), and North Shore (+2.1%) regions.
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- The average offered hourly wage increases, on average, with the educational requirements of the offered position.
The job vacancy rate, the number of job vacancies expressed as a percentage of labour demand (the sum of occupied and vacant jobs), decreased by 0.3 percentage points in Q4 of 2022 to 4.9%.
Source: Source: Statistics Canada, Job Vacancy & Wage Survey, Table 14-10-0325-01, Unadjusted for Seasonality.
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