Infographic 1
Payroll employment continues to increase, while vacant positions have decreased since the second quarter of 2022

Infographic description

The title of the infographic is "Payroll employment continues to increase, while vacant positions have decreased since the second quarter of 2022"

This is a linear and bar combination chart.

The vertical axis on the left shows the number of job vacancies and number of payroll employment in thousands, by increments of 500,000. It starts at 13,500 and ends at 18,000.

The vertical axis on the right shows the job vacancy rate by percentage, by increments of 1 percentage point. It starts at 0.0 and ends at 6.0.

The horizontal axis shows each quarter, from the first quarter of 2017 to the first quarter of 2023.

The dark red bar represents the number of job vacancies (in thousands) in the last 23 quarters, with 421,700 in the first quarter of 2017, 433,500 in the second quarter of 2017, 447,100 in the third quarter of 2017, 481,200 in the fourth quarter of 2017, 497,600 in the first quarter of 2018, 519,300 in the second quarter of 2018, 529,000 in the third quarter of 2018, 560,700 in the fourth quarter of 2018, 545,600 in the first quarter of 2019, 552,900 in the second quarter of 2019, 539,000 in the third quarter of 2019, 521,800 in the fourth quarter of 2019, 555,600 in the first quarter of 2020, 572,800 in the fourth quarter of 2020, 604,200 in the first quarter of 2021, 700,500 in the second quarter of 2021, 885,700 in the third quarter of 2021, 936,100 in the fourth quarter of 2021, 956,600 in the first quarter of 2022, 984,600 in the second quarter of 2022, 952,100 in the third quarter of 2022, 876,700 in the fourth quarter of 2022, and 843,200 in the first quarter of 2023.

The blue bar represents the payroll employment (in thousands) in the last 23 quarters, with 15,384,800 in the first quarter of 2017, 15,430,300 in the second quarter of 2017, 15,569,400 in the third quarter of 2017, 15,624,800 in the fourth quarter of 2017, 15,664,500 in the first quarter of 2018, 15,774,800 in the second quarter of 2018, 15,861,000 in the third quarter of 2018, 15,982,300 in the fourth quarter of 2018, 16,082,800 in the first quarter of 2019, 16,153,400 in the second quarter of 2019, 16,257,200 in the third quarter of 2019, 16,288,500 in the fourth quarter of 2019, 16,293,200 in the first quarter of 2020, 15,181,200 in the fourth quarter of 2020, 15,152,100 in the first quarter of 2021, 15,409,300 in the second quarter of 2021, 15,791,400 in the third quarter of 2021, 16,149,600 in the fourth quarter of 2021, 16,301,400 in the first quarter of 2022, 16,557,100 in the second quarter of 2022, 16,769,800 in the third quarter of 2022, 16,910,300 in the fourth quarter of 2022, and 16,999,500 in the first quarter of 2023.

The black line represents the job vacancy rate (in percentage) in the last 23 quarters, with 2.7% in the first quarter of 2017, 2.7% in the second quarter of 2017, 2.8% in the third quarter of 2017, 3.0% in the fourth quarter of 2017, 3.1% in the first quarter of 2018, 3.2% in the second quarter of 2018, 3.2% in the third quarter of 2018, 3.4% in the fourth quarter of 2018, 3.3% in the first quarter of 2019, 3.3% in the second quarter of 2019, 3.2% in the third quarter of 2019, 3.1% in the fourth quarter of 2019, 3.3% in the first quarter of 2020, 3.6% in the fourth quarter of 2020, 3.8% in the first quarter of 2021, 4.3% in the second quarter of 2021, 5.3% in the third quarter of 2021, 5.5% in the fourth quarter of 2021, 5.5% in the first quarter of 2022, 5.6% in the second quarter of 2022, 5.4% in the third quarter of 2022, 4.9% in the fourth quarter of 2022, and 4.7% in the first quarter of 2023.

Note(s): Total labour demand is equal to the sum of payroll employment and job vacancies.Job Vacancy and Wage Survey data collection was suspended for the second and third quarters of 2020. Therefore, data for these reference periods are not available. Data are adjusted for seasonality.

Source(s): Job Vacancy and Wage Survey (5217), table (14-10-0400-01).