If you live in Saskatchewan and you are thinking about your next move, the question is not really "is anyone hiring?" The province has thousands of jobs being posted across the year. The real question is which industries are hiring at scale, what they pay, and which ones are worth your time to consider seriously.

To answer that, we looked at every job posted to JobAds.ca between May 2025 and May 2026 across Saskatchewan. We grouped postings by category, counted them, and pulled the average published hourly wage for each. No vague salary ranges, no "competitive compensation" mystery, just the numbers Saskatchewan employers are actually publishing when they post a job.

The Top Categories by Volume

Healthcare dominates. By a wide margin. Combine the three healthcare categories we track on JobAds.ca and you get more than 1,900 postings in twelve months. That is nearly twice the volume of the next category.

  • Healthcare: Nursing: 1,139 postings, average $47.50 per hour. RN, LPN, and nurse practitioner roles dominate this category. If you are a nurse in Saskatchewan you are essentially fielding offers.
  • Healthcare: Support: 615 postings, average $24.78 per hour. Continuing care assistants, health care aides, and personal support workers. Entry-level positions are abundant.
  • Healthcare: Medical: 219 postings, average $46.44 per hour. Pharmacists, physiotherapists, paramedics, lab technologists.

The pattern across SK healthcare is the same as the national trend: a structural shortage of clinical staff combined with an aging population means hiring volume is not slowing down soon.

Office, Admin, and General Labour Are Steady

Behind healthcare, the next tier is what most people would call the backbone of the Saskatchewan economy.

  • Office & Administration: 501 postings, average $25.43 per hour. Administrative assistants, receptionists, office coordinators.
  • General Labour: 485 postings, average $23.95 per hour. The broadest category, anything from yard staff to seasonal crews.
  • Food Service: 457 postings, average $20.83 per hour. Cooks, servers, kitchen staff, bakers.
  • Management & Supervisory: 441 postings, average $31.34 per hour. Supervisors, team leads, store managers.

None of these are surprises. What is worth noting is that office and admin pay in Saskatchewan is now solidly in the mid-twenties per hour for entry-level work, and food service is closing in on $21 per hour on average, both higher than they were two years ago.

Skilled Trades Are the Hidden Strength

The trades do not have the raw volume of healthcare, but they have something more interesting: high pay with relatively few applicants per posting. If you are a skilled tradesperson in SK, the numbers are good.

  • Trades: Construction: 230 postings, average $34.51 per hour. Carpenters, electricians, plumbers, welders.
  • Trades: Mechanical: 205 postings, average $39.44 per hour. Mechanics, millwrights, machinists, heavy-duty technicians.

The mechanical trades are particularly strong: average pay just under $40 per hour, with the top of the range reaching $70 per hour. Heavy-duty mechanics and journeyman millwrights with experience can comfortably command top-of-band wages.

Education Is Quietly Hiring

Education and teaching posted 209 roles in the last twelve months at an average of $26.83 per hour. This includes K-12 teachers, education assistants, and a steady flow of post-secondary instructor positions. It is not a flashy category, but it is consistent.

Where to Start Looking

If you want to skip straight to the openings, here are the most useful entry points on JobAds.ca:

Or browse all city and category combinations in one place.

One Last Thing: Look for Published Wages

One of the easiest signals of a serious employer is whether they tell you what the role pays before you apply. On JobAds.ca you can toggle "Salary shown" on any search page to filter out the postings that hide their numbers. We strongly recommend you do. Your time is worth more than reading through ten listings to find the one that actually tells you what you would earn.

Happy hunting.