While the average Canadian hourly wage rose 5.6 per cent in the past year, the gap between higher- and lower-paid workers is growing thanks to a disproportionate number of higher paid workers getting pay raises, according to Statistics Canada.
In October, among employees who had been with their employer for at least one year, 59 per cent had received a raise in the past year, according to the nation's number cruncher.
Of those who made at least $40 per hour, 64.3 per cent had a pay raise. Of those who made $20 per hour, or less, only 50.1 per cent had received a wage, Statistics Canada said this morning.
Wage inflation has been higher than five per cent in each of the past five months, as of October, with the average wage now $31.94, according to Statistics Canada.
Men continued to make more money on average than did women. Men's average wage was $33.97 per hour, while women on average made $29.82 per hour.
While unionized workers on average make more money than non-unionized counterparts ($34.61 versus $30.72), they were slightly less likely to have received a pay raise in the past year, according to Statistics Canada.
Among employees covered by collective agreements and who had been with their employers for at least a year, 56.8 per cent have received raises in the past year. That compares with approximately 60.1 per cent of non-unionized workers who received wages.
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