This indicator is an aggregate of all industries within a particular geographic area. When there are more higher paying occupations within the area, the indicator will reflect this. It may be necessary to look at the variety of occupations within the given area to assess labor and economic conditions more accurately.
Employment is based on the location of the employer.
It takes considerable time to process and edit the reports from more than 20,000 employers, so there is about a 5 month lag in publishing the quarterly numbers. This data includes some minor elements not included under UI Covered and is published much more quickly when we release the unemployment rate. A third and broader source of data, is the labor force and related estimates. This is an estimate of people employed based on their residence. The report includes all employment for individuals 16 years old and over, no mater what they do, as long as they are paid.