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Canada's economy added five times the number of jobs that were forecast for April and the unemployment rate unexpectedly held at 6.1 per cent, but wages grew at the slowest pace in 10 months, data showed on Friday.

The economy added a net 90,400 jobs while analysts polled by Reuters had forecast a gain of 18,000 jobs and the unemployment rate to rise to 6.2 per cent.

The gains - largest since the 110,000 jobs added in January 2023 - were a mix of part-time and full-time work, and entirely in the services-producing industries, data from Statistics Canada showed.

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[โ€“] Son_of_dad@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (5 children)

Lol what?? In what universe

[โ€“] asterfield@lemmy.world 32 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Very high paying jobs may skew this number. Median wage is probably the more useful way to look at country level pay

[โ€“] Kelsenellenelvial@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 months ago

Could also be skewed the other way if itโ€™s only about wage and not total compensation. Higher paid positions tend to also have good benefits like healthcare, vacation time, pensions, etc. that are on top of the stated wage. Lower wage positions often donโ€™t have those same benefits.

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