WAGE TRENDS
Traditional Occupations
- Approximately 36% (42,075) of all employed women (115,575) in the province are working in low-paying traditional occupations.
- Percentage of low-paying traditional occupations held by women in the province:
- Secretaries -- 99%;
- Childcare and home support workers 94%;
- Cashiers -- 89%;
- Food and beverage service -- 84%;
- Clerical -- 75%;
- Retail salespersons and sales clerks -- 65%.
- Of the Total Provincial Workforce (241,880), approximately 22% of workers (52,335) work in the above identified occupations. Approximately 80% (42,075), of these workers are women.
Non-Traditional Occupations
- Approximately 2% (1,850) of all employed women (115,575) in the province are working in high-paying non-traditional occupations.
- Percentage of high-paying non-traditional occupations held by women in the province;
- Transportation equipment operators and laborers -- 8%;
- Contractors and supervisors in trades and transportation -- 6%;
- Construction trades -- 3%;
- Stationary engineers, power station operators, electrical trades and telecommunications -- 3%;
- Mechanics -- 2%;
- Heavy equipment and crane operators (including drillers) -- 2%;
- Machinists, metal forming, shaping and erecting -- 1%.
- Of the Total Provincial Workforce (241,880), approximately 17% of workers (40,715) work in the above identified occupations. Approximately 5% (1850) of these workers are women.
***All information adapted from Statistics Canada Labour Force Survey.
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