Saskatchewan led the country in wage increases in April, with the province's workers seeing the highest year-over-year increase in Canada.
According to Statistics Canada's Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours, Saskatchewan's average year-over-year wage increase of 5.7 percent, tied with Alberta's as the highest increase in Canada. The national year-over-year increase was 3.3 percent.
"We continue to see good news stories about the province of Saskatchewan," Advanced Education, Employment and Labour Minister Rob Norris said. "Economic indicators such as average weekly earnings demonstrate that residents of Saskatchewan are benefitting from our strong economic growth."
Saskatchewan's average weekly earnings of $835.39 are the third highest in Canada after Alberta ($989.93) and Ontario ($871.43).
