Since May 2022, the average hourly wage in Canada has grown between 4 per cent and 6 per cent, according to a report from Desjardins.
Coming out of the COVID‑19 pandemic in early 2022, private sector wage growth led the advance in compensation by a wide margin, according to the report.
Since then, however, public sector wage gains have continued to increase while private sector wage growth has gradually stabilized.
