Statistics // Labour Force Survey and Market Trends, September 2022

Labour Market Trends – Construction Highlights

• Industry of Employment (September 2022 vs September 2021, seasonally adjusted)
  • Over the last 12 months, employment has risen across almost all industries with the exceptions of agriculture, utilities, wholesale/retail, transportation, business support (including call centres), and public administration.
  • The largest employment gains were in construction, information/culture/recreation, and health/social assistance.
• Industry of Employment (January-September 2022 vs January-September 2021, seasonally adjusted)
  • On average over the first nine months of 2022 (compared with the same period last year), most industries reported employment gains.  The increase in year-to-date average employment was fastest for professional/technical services, health/social (including daycare) and construction.
• Hours worked and employment (January-September 2022 vs January-September 2021, unadjusted)
  • Changes in unadjusted hours worked show different variations than changes in seasonally adjusted employment (comparing the average over the first nine months of 2022 with the same period in 2021).
  • Overall employment was up by 3.5% while hours were up by 3.7%.
  • In professional and technical services hours worked grew faster than employment while construction and information/culture/recreation hours are growing slower than employment.