However, pay bump was ‘modest’ for job switchers, according to ADP Research’s first monthly report on Canadian wages
Canadian wages for job changers are growing at a faster rate than that of job stayers, according to new research from ADP Research, the research arm of human resources and payroll management company Automatic Data Processing Inc.
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Median base pay for Canadian job stayers, who have remained at their current employer for the past 12 months, posted a three per cent uptick year over year in August, according to the latest ADP Canada Pay Insights report. Median base pay for job changers, those who have switched jobs within the last 12 months, climbed 5.6 per cent.
“There is some bump that job changers experience from leaving one job and going to the other, but it’s notable that that bump has been modest at 2.6 per cent,” said ADP chief economist Nela Richardson during a media conference call.
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Base pay refers to a worker’s contract rate of hourly wages or salaried pay, which is important to understanding labour market tightness and structural trends in wages, said Richardson during the call. Gross pay, which includes base pay as well as commissions, tips, bonuses and overtime, helps indicate labour market activity, such as the decision to work more hours, she added.
Median gross pay for job stayers was up 4.4 per cent compared with the 9.6 per cent boost that job changers saw year over year in August, according to the ADP report.
Richardson said gross pay data indicated there was a 5.2 per cent premium for job changers compared with job stayers. “What that tells you is that there is a lot of labour market activity,” she said on the call. “That’s an interesting and important sign to keep tracking over the next few months as we’re looking at wages as that bridge between inflation and the labour market.”
