Harassing public sector workers for being paid to do important work really gets to me, so I made a few graphs this morning. Here are some findings from the May 2021 Labour Force Survey that examine mean hourly wages across provinces, specifically for nurses. #ABleg #ABhealth First, anytime we dig into these pay arguments, we need to remember that AB is a rich province. In May 2021, AB had the highest mean hourly wages across provinces for employed workers age 15 and older.

I was curious about differences in doctors' pay across the country, so I graphed some data from the 2016 Census to see how provinces differed in median pay for specialists and general practitioners. #ableg #abpoli @Albertadoctors First graph shows median employment income in 2015 for specialists across the country. In Alberta, median income was $139,418 for specialist physicians in 2015 -- higher than the median for Canada, but definitely not the highest across provinces.