Labor Market Insights

Instawork's monthly summary of changes in roles, pay, demographics, and tightness in the local labor market:

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Average hourly pay via Instawork data chart, for the Toronto market

Government Statistics

$29.95

mean hourly pay

$0.3 lower than the national mean*

7.7%

unemployment rate

1.6% higher than the national average**

1.6%

higher consumer prices

relative to the national average***

* Bureau of Labor Statistics, all occupations, Mar-24

** Bureau of Labor Statistics, headline unemployment rate, Apr-24

*** Bureau of Economic Analysis, Apr-24