British Columbians earned, on average, $896 per week in April, Statistics Canada announced June 26.
This is an increase of 0.1% compared with March, and an overall rise of 3.2% over the past 12 months.
In spite of this growth, however, the province still lags behind the rest of Canada. The national average earnings in April was $932 per week – almost 4% higher than in B.C.
B.C. was tied with Alberta for having Canada’s lowest average wage increase between March and April. This is well below the 1.6% growth seen in Manitoba, the province with the highest jump in the country.
Across Canada, the biggest growth in average weekly earnings was seen in transportation and warehousing, at 3.7%. The average weekly earnings in this category was $1,027. The sector with the highest weekly earnings remained mining, quarrying and oil and gas extraction, at $2,068.
This data does not include earnings from farming.
The number of workers across the country in all categories was down 18,500 in April – a drop of 0.1%.
