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Employment among employees earning the lowest wages far behind in the recovery

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% change in the number of employees compared with February 2020 -40 -35 -30 -25 -20 -15 -10 -5 0 5 10 15 Feb. 2020 Feb. 2021 Earning $17.50 per hour or lessEarning $17.50 per hour or less Earning from $17.51 to $25.00 per hourEarning from $17.51 to $25.00 per hour Earning from $25.01 to $36.00 per hourEarning from $25.01 to $36.00 per hour Earning more than $36.00 per hourEarning more than $36.00 per hour
Note(s):
Employees only, hourly earnings in main job. Estimates are not seasonally adjusted. Wage groups correspond to pre-pandemic hourly earnings quartiles calculated with February 2020 data for the main job of paid employees.
Source(s):
Labour Force Survey (3701), custom tabulation.

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Employment among employees earning the lowest wages far behind in the recovery, % change in the number of employees compared with February 2020
  Earning $17.50 per hour or less Earning from $17.51 to $25.00 per hour Earning from $25.01 to $36.00 per hour Earning more than $36.00 per hour
February 2020 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
March 2020 -14.3 -6.8 -3.0 -0.8
April 2020 -35.1 -22.7 -10.7 -1.2
May 2020 -30.9 -17.9 -6.4 1.8
June 2020 -17.3 -10.8 -1.1 3.4
July 2020 -11.1 -8.7 -2.3 3.9
August 2020 -9.6 -6.5 -0.7 4.7
September 2020 -14.5 -3.2 5.2 7.3
October 2020 -15.1 -1.1 3.5 8.8
November 2020 -14.3 -1.4 2.7 8.7
December 2020 -16.8 -1.8 4.0 9.3
January 2021 -24.8 -5.5 2.6 10.3
February 2021 -19.7 -3.0 3.2 10.3
Note(s):
Employees only, hourly earnings in main job. Estimates are not seasonally adjusted. Wage groups correspond to pre-pandemic hourly earnings quartiles calculated with February 2020 data for the main job of paid employees.
Source(s):
Labour Force Survey (3701), custom tabulation.
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