1/4 The federal payroll has grown about 42% in the last five years, a 7.3% compound annual rate. This is accounted for by a 25.9% rise in employment (4.7% annual growth rate) and a 13.2% increase in average weekly earnings per employee (2.5% annual rate). #cdnecon 
2/4 The increase in average earnings per employee cannot be called excessive since the annual CPI rose 16.0% over the same period (3.0% annual rate), implying a 0.5% decrease in real average earnings per year.
3/4 However, the rise in employment was extraordinary. Although just 2% of Canada's employment, federal jobs have contributed to the tight labour market we see in Canada today. The Treasury Board estimates the employment increase to be even larger, at 28%.
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4/4 By way of comparison, the cumulative federal employment increase over the period from 2001 to 2017 was just 14.3% (0.8% average annual rate). This includes a decrease of 8.5% between 2011 and 2014. Excluding those down years, the average annual increase was still just 1.6%.
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