{"id":82709,"date":"2016-03-20T18:29:00","date_gmt":"2016-03-20T19:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/resourcework2.devstudio.work\/?p=82709"},"modified":"2024-11-26T11:40:56","modified_gmt":"2024-11-26T11:40:56","slug":"resource_industry_wages_well_above_average","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/resourcework2.devstudio.work\/?p=82709","title":{"rendered":"Resource industry wages well above average aren’t anything new"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Almost exactly a year ago, we went to University of Calgary economist Trevor Tombe to find out\u00a0which sectors paid workers most<\/a>. His findings didn’t come as much of a surprise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tombe found that the highest per-hour wages in Canada are earned by those in natural resources. And they were not just a little higher \u2014 these paycheques came in way, way higher. Oil and gas extraction stood head and shoulders above all the rest at over $90. Mining was next highest at $50. Support jobs for mining and oil and gas rated in the high $30s. Apparently, Canada\u2019s role as a responsible innovator in commodity production is matched by the resource sector\u2019s ability to pay good wages.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Jobs that create export value are generally the ones that pay the best wages. Just take this comparison of wages in 1960s Campbell River.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Supermarket cashiers typically didn\u2019t make more than $2.50\/hr \u2013 yet that was approximately the minimum for pulp and paper mill workers! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Natural resources do lots for the economy and job creation is just one, albeit very important, part of that impact.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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