Student Wage in Ontario

[fellowtraveller]

Alberta has one of the lowest graduation rates from high school in Canada.

I was puzzled as to why , until a teacher explained this is normal in an overheated economy. Srudents see no point in waiting to finish when they can get the same job for the same money immediately.

It makes short term sense if you're 16 years old and restless.

[fryingpan]

You wouldn't be able to tell there's a labour shortage by the wages companies are paying people. If they'd loosen the purse strings a bit, I'm sure they'd find more than enough people to do the jobs they need done.

Out here the wages are great, really high for unskilled labour.

Alberta has less than 4% unemployment (below the natural rate), and the higest participation rate in Canada. There is no one left here to hire.

What about all the teenagers? It seems like there is always someone turning 16. They'll do those kinds of jobs.

Ya, sadly they are all employed too. We wouldn't have burger king paying $9.25/hr to start PT if we had a huge supply of 16 year olds. 14 year olds can work in Alberta too.

We need people up at the oil sands and things like that in labour, not really the type of jobs people can do while going to school.

How much do the people at the oilsands make?

Alberta has one of the lowest graduation rates from high school in Canada.

I was puzzled as to why , until a teacher explained this is normal in an overheated economy. Srudents see no point in waiting to finish when they can get the same job for the same money immediately.

It makes short term sense if you're 16 years old and restless.

It also makes sense when you consider all the university students that have to go back to McDonalds/Tim Hortons because they can't find a job in their field. Why go to University and spend all that time and money when you wind up in the same place anyway?

[fellowtraveller]

It also makes sense when you consider all the university students that have to go back to McDonalds/Tim Hortons because they can't find a job in their field. Why go to University and spend all that time and money when you wind up in the same place anyway

Not in Alberta.

I don't think many grads are working crap jobs unless they choose to. The days of PhDs driving cabs are over for now, unless of course there are personal issues.

[fryingpan]

Is it true that Alberta raised their minimum wage, even though Burger King starts people at 9.75/hour? Why would they do that, especially when most people start at higher than the new wage? It's great that Alberta has such low unemployment, but when they head into a recession (and they will eventually) the higher minimum wage will make it harder for the people living there to find work.

[geoffrey]

How much do the people at the oilsands make?

Here is a list of all jobs with an average pay of $40,000 or more in Fort-Mac area.

Click here

Jobs like:

Dispatcher - $41k

Furinture Mover - $42k

Truck Drivers - $52k

Drafting Tech - $54k

Construction Estimators - $58k

Surveyors - $68k

Machinists - $75k

Supervisors in Trades - $107k

(average numbers)

[geoffrey]

http://www.alis.gov.ab.ca/wageinfo/Content...nID=20&NOC=8232

Theres your basic oil sands labourer, a rig tech. $55k a year.

http://www.alis.gov.ab.ca/wageinfo/Content...nID=20&NOC=8412

Well service tech, $60k a year.