In Canada, women continued to make less money than men do at their full time jobs.
And when broken down by province, the difference appears to be the highest in Alberta.
According to Statistics Canada numbers, the average wage of a woman working full-time in the province was at $29.19/hour in 2016. For men, the average wage was $35.70/hour. This represents a ratio of 81.8 percent, meaning that for every dollar that a man made, a woman earned only about 82 cents, which was roughly the same year-over-year, and up three cents since 2014.
Over in British Columbia, the ratio wasn’t that much better. Women made $25.77/hour in 2016, while men made $30.49/hour. The ratio here was at 84.5 percent, or about 85 cents a woman made for every dollar that a man earned. It’s even with 2015 and down 0.3 percentage points since 2014.
On the national scale, wages for women were at $26.69/hour last year, while men made $30.35/hour on average. This puts the ratio at 87.9 percent, meaning women made 88 cents for every dollar a man made. It’s up half a percentage point year-over-year, and roughly steady from in 2014.
In a news release, StatsCan says that one reason is women usually working in the lower-paying jobs, while men typically dominate the higher-paying ones.
– Posted by BET
