1. Industry Training Authority Youth Day
November 22, 2017
Jeremy Higgs
Executive Director & Chief Labour Market Economist
Labour Market Information Office
BC Ministry of Advanced Education, Skills and Training

2. BC’s LABOUR MARKET IN 2016

3. BC’s LABOUR MARKET PERFORMANCE

4. 2017 Year-to-Date Full-time Part-time Total +71,310 +14,820 +86,110
BC’s LABOUR MARKET PERFORMANCE
2017 Year-to-Date
January to October
Full-time
Part-time
Total
+71,310
+14,820
+86,110
3.83%
2.88%
3.63%

5. EMPLOYMENT, BY INDUSTRY 2016
SOURCE: LABOUR FORCE SURVEY

6. EMPLOYMENT CHANGE, BY INDUSTRY 2016 over 2015
SOURCE: LABOUR FORCE SURVEY

7. EMPLOYMENT, BY INDUSTRY
OCTOBER 2017
SOURCE: LABOUR FORCE SURVEY
CANSIM , Nov 3, 2017

8. EMPLOYMENT CHANGE, BY INDUSTRY Year-to-date 2017 (vs YTD 2016)
SOURCE: LABOUR FORCE SURVEY
CANSIM , Nov 3, 2017

9. AVERAGE HOURLY WAGES
2016

10. Average Hourly Wage Rate
WAGES ACROSS THE COUNTRY
Average Hourly Wage Rate
Oct. 2017
Change in Hourly Wage
(Oct to Oct. 2017)

11. Labour Force Employed Unemployed
REGIONAL REVIEW
October Data (Year-to-Date Change)
Labour Force Employed Unemployed
YTD % change YTD % change YTD % change
Northeast
North Coast
and Nechako
Cariboo
Kootenay
Thompson-Okanagan
Mainland-Southwest
Vancouver Island
and Coast
Source: Labour Force Survey, Nov 3, 2017

12. About 90% of total BC employment in 2016 was in three regions
SHARE OF EMPLOYMENT, BY REGION
2011
2016
About 90% of total BC employment in 2016 was in three regions

13. REGIONAL EMPLOYMENT GROWTH

14. BC’s CHANGING DEMOGRAPHICS
1976
2011
2016
1976
2011
2016 11
ppt 13
ppt
1976
2011
2016
1976
2011
2016
1976
2011
2016
1976
2011
2016 10
ppt 12
ppt

15. Some postsecondary and lower Postsecondary & university
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
SHARE OF LABOUR FORCE
+38,800
+2.6%
+35,900
+3.8%
2016
Some postsecondary and lower
(labour force)
Postsecondary & university
(labour force)

16. Labour Market Outlook Highlights

17. ITA Trades Occupations: Demand

18. Emerging Themes Demographics Job Quality Automation
Skills and Competencies
9/19/2017

19. Automation

20. Skills, Competencies and Worker Characteristics
Red font: identified as key skills by 2020
in World Economic Forum CEO survey

21. Career Ladders/Lattices