Job Vacancy & Wage Survey
Job Vacancy & Wage Survey, 4th Quarter in 2021: Nova Scotia Highlights
Despite there typically being more slack in the labour market in the winter months (job vacancy data is unadjusted for seasonality), Nova Scotia’s job vacancy rate rose to 4.8% (20,330 job vacancies) in the final quarter of 2021. Q4 2021’s vacancy rate is higher than the pre-COVID 2.8% rate (11,850 vacancies) in Q4 2019.
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Job vacancies in 2021 Q4 in Nova Scotia increased by 2,170 (+11.9%) compared to last quarter.
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The average offered hourly wage is $19.60, down $0.05 compared to last quarter.
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During the last quarter, the Southern economic region (+9.7%), the Annapolis valley region (+2.3%), and the Cape Breton region (+1.6%) showed higher wages for their vacant positions. Vacant positions in the North Shore region (-0.3%) and in the Halifax region were lower waged (-0.3% and -3.7%, respectively).
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- The job vacancy rate, the number of job vacancies expressed as a percentage of labour demand (the sum of occupied and vacant jobs), rose by 0.5 percentage points in 2021 Q4 to 4.8%.
Source: Source: Statistics Canada, Job Vacancy & Wage Survey, Table 14-10-0325-01, Unadjusted for Seasonality.
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