Table 2
Job Vacancies, job vacancy rate, and offered wages by industry sector, quarterly, unadjusted for seasonality
| First quarter 2020 | First quarter 2022 | Two-year-change | Two-year-change | First quarter 2020 | First quarter 2022 | First quarter 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| number of job vacancies (thousands) | number of job vacancies (thousands) | level | % | job vacancy rate (%) | job vacancy rate (%) | average offered hourly wage ($) | |
| Sector aggregate | 512.8 | 890.4 | 377.6 | 73.6 | 3.1 | 5.2 | 24.2 |
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting | 12.1 | 13.7 | 1.6 | 13.5 | 5.7 | 6.2 | 19.4 |
| Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction | 4.5 | 8.8 | 4.3 | 94.7 | 2.2 | 4.2 | 34.3 |
| Utilities | 2.1 | 2.9 | 0.8 | 37.0 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 37.6 |
| Construction | 34.8 | 72.1 | 37.3 | 107.0 | 3.4 | 6.5 | 27.5 |
| Manufacturing | 42.1 | 82.7 | 40.6 | 96.6 | 2.6 | 5.2 | 23.5 |
| Wholesale trade | 21.9 | 36.1 | 14.2 | 65.1 | 2.6 | 4.3 | 26.1 |
| Retail trade | 50.4 | 85.7 | 35.4 | 70.2 | 2.4 | 4.1 | 17.9 |
| Transportation and warehousing | 24.8 | 44.1 | 19.3 | 77.7 | 3.0 | 5.3 | 24.3 |
| Information and cultural industries | 12.9 | 17.7 | 4.9 | 37.8 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 35.1 |
| Finance and insurance | 22.8 | 35.5 | 12.6 | 55.3 | 2.9 | 4.3 | 32.0 |
| Real estate and rental and leasing | 7.5 | 11.2 | 3.7 | 49.2 | 2.5 | 3.9 | 25.3 |
| Professional, scientific and technical services | 42.6 | 69.6 | 27.0 | 63.4 | 4.1 | 5.9 | 34.2 |
| Management of companies and enterprises | 2.2 | 4.8 | 2.6 | 117.2 | 1.9 | 3.7 | 30.5 |
| Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services | 38.9 | 57.9 | 19.0 | 48.9 | 4.6 | 6.8 | 21.5 |
| Educational services | 15.4 | 23.5 | 8.1 | 52.8 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 27.3 |
| Health care and social assistance | 71.0 | 135.6 | 64.5 | 90.8 | 3.3 | 5.8 | 25.6 |
| Arts, entertainment and recreation | 11.3 | 15.2 | 3.9 | 34.5 | 3.8 | 6.0 | 19.3 |
| Accommodation and food services | 60.3 | 121.7 | 61.4 | 101.8 | 4.4 | 9.9 | 15.9 |
| Other services (excluding public administration) | 23.8 | 35.7 | 11.9 | 49.9 | 4.2 | 6.4 | 23.5 |
| Public administration1 | 11.4 | 15.9 | 4.5 | 40.0 | 2.2 | 3.0 | 27.8 |
Source(s):
Job Vacancy and Wage Survey (5217), table 14-10-0326-01.
Table note 1
Excluding provincial, territorial and federal public administration, as well as international and other extraterritorial public administration.
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