Canadian salaries are improving across a variety of sectors, particularly in finance and information technology, a new employment survey says.
Adecco Employment Services compared average salaries collected in its 2011 and 2012 surveys and found incomes were on the rise in several job categories, but remained flat or slightly lower in others.
"Some of those sectors (finance and IT) really have shown some fairly large movement, larger than the inflation rate and what we would typically see around percentages of increase," Adecco's Angela Payne told 麻豆影视 Channel Friday.
"However, they have also, many of them, stayed flat or seen some slide on some of the jobs as well," she said.
For example, the average salary for IT jobs was between $60,200 to $77,300 in 2011 and $63,850 to $87,850 in the 2012 survey.
A financial analyst was earning between $62,000 to $76,500 last year, while in 2012 that income increased to between $62,900 and $77,950.
Adecco's survey is based on companies it services that are considered large and a reflection of average salaries earned by individuals only in Ontario and Quebec.
The salary increases in sectors such as IT depend on the market, the organization and skills, Payne said, adding supply and demand for each job are also factors.
"There's certainly not enough supply and that will continue to manifest itself as we continue through 2012 in some of those categories," she said.
"I think demand has certainly held steady and we may see some increases in those categories again, and as we continue to see projects happening in western Canada, demand is definitely increasing," Payne said.
While the oil patch continues to create employment demand, related businesses that support the energy sector are also tracking higher numbers, Payne said.
In Ontario, there's been growth on the temporary employment side in areas such as manufacturing and automotive, she said.
"We've held steady or we've seen in growth in permanent placement in Ontario, Quebec and western Canada, Payne added.
The Adecco report comes on the heels of Statistics Canada's employment numbers released Friday that indicate the country shed 2,800 jobs last month.
The jobless rate dipped slightly to 7.4 per cent, but it was based on 37,900 fewer people 鈥� almost all in Ontario 鈥� looking for work.
