An Open Nshipyard project
Vacancy Duration vs Offered Wage
Some job vacancies sit open for months. Others fill in weeks. The Job Vacancy and Wage Survey records how long each post stays open and what wage the employer offers. The question: which unfilled jobs are wage problems vs supply problems?
548,400
job vacancies in Canada in 2026Q2
45.9%
of health vacancies open 90+ days, the longest of any group
$17.75
offered per hour to food counter attendants, vs $36.35 to registered nurses (offered wages, what employers post)
10
broad occupation groups tracked from 2015 to 2026
Duration vs wage: where each occupation group lands
Each bubble is a broad occupation group in 2026Q2, sized by vacancies. The dashed lines are the medians: 22.2% of vacancies open 90+ days, $30.95 an hour offered. Wages are what employers post, not what workers are paid.
Offered wages by headline group, 2015 to 2026
Average hourly wage employers offered for vacant posts, in Canadian dollars. Health and sciences pull away after 2020. Sales and service stays near the bottom. Offered wage is what employers post, not what workers are paid.
What this project does
StatCan's Job Vacancy and Wage Survey publishes vacancy counts, how long posts stay open, and the wage employers offer. This project turns 67.5 million raw table cells into one ranked dataset: every broad occupation group on two axes, duration and wage, so wage problems separate from supply problems. Everything is downloadable and citable.
Four findings, each quotable →Longest-open group · 2026Q2
Health: 45.9% open 90+ days
63,850 vacancies at $34.85 an hour offered. Pay beats the $30.95 median and the posts still sit open longest: a supply problem.
Four findings, each quotable →