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Originally Posted by Drybrain
Not disputing that, since I don’t know your industry, but the most recent Statcan data has the average hourly full-time wage, across all industries, at $36.40 nationally and $32.39 in Nova Scotia. (Provincially, NS was lower than BC, AB, ON and Quebec. It was also lower than SK and NL, but only by a hair. Higher than the other Maritime provinces and Manitoba.)
Thats not negligible, but it’s also not in keeping with the “I moved away and double my income” anecdotal stories that are so common. The wage gap is real, but also not as dramatic as is often made out to be. Individual mileage, of course, will vary.
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Ok then let us look at the livable wage numbers.
Halifax. 28.30-29.40$ per hour depending on source.
Toronto. 27.20$ per hour
Vancouver. 27.85 per hour
Calgary. 25.50 per hour
Montreal 27-30$ per hour depending on source.
We pay just as much if not more overall to live here, and as I posted above our rate of pay is severely behind in many areas of our economy.
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