Home Canada: Average weekly earnings rose 1.8% on a yearly basis in September
FXStreet News

Canada: Average weekly earnings rose 1.8% on a yearly basis in September

“Average weekly earnings of non-farm payroll employees were $1,004 in September, little changed from the previous month,” Statistics Canada reported and added: “Compared with 12 months earlier, earnings increased 1.8%.”

Key takeaways from the press release

  • Non-farm payroll employees worked an average of 32.5 hours per week in September, down from 32.8 hours in August and 32.7 hours in September 2017.
  • The number of non-farm payroll employees was little changed from August to September.  
  • Compared with September 2017, the number of payroll employees rose by 301,400 (+1.8%).  

FX Street

FX Street

FXStreet is the leading independent portal dedicated to the Foreign Exchange (Forex) market. It was launched in 2000 and the portal has always been proud of their unyielding commitment to provide objective and unbiased information, to enable their users to take better and more confident decisions.