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It’s good to be in real estate in Canada these days. That may change if the much-debated and possibly nonexistent housing bubble ever bursts, but for now, workers in the sector are seeing the country’s biggest pay hikes.

Wages in real estate, rental and leasing jumped a massive 12.2 per cent in the year to January, StatsCan reported this week.

Closely-related construction jobs also saw significant wage gains, with average earnings, including overtime, spiking 6.7 per cent over the past year. That’s well above the overall average increase in wages in Canada -- up 3 per cent in the past year.

Wage gains have been very unevenly spread. Even as the real estate business saw double-digit gains, some industries are seeing wages shrink, in particular information and cultural-industry jobs, where wages were down more than 1 per cent in the year to January.

But with the job market showing weakness at the end of 2013, those wage gains slowed at the start of the new year. Wages were “virtually unchanged” from December to January, StatsCan said.

Overall, the StatsCan survey found Canada lost about 7,000 jobs in January, contradicting the agency’s earlier labour report, which found Canada gained 29,000 jobs that month. The two reports often contradict each other, though they tend to show the same trends in the long term.

Check out the largest and smallest wage gains in Canada over the past year:

Industries Seeing Best, Worst Wage Gains

WORST: Information & cultural industries - down 1.3%(01 of41)

Percentage change in average wages, January 2013 to January 2014.Source: StatsCan survey of payroll employment, earnings and hours (credit:Alamy)

Forestry and logging - down 0.3%(02 of41)

Percentage change in average wages, January 2013 to January 2014.Source: StatsCan survey of payroll employment, earnings and hours (credit:Shutterstock)

Transportation and warehousing - up 0.1%(03 of41)

Percentage change in average wages, January 2013 to January 2014.Source: StatsCan survey of payroll employment, earnings and hours (credit:The Canadian Press)

Accommodation and food services - up 0.1%(04 of41)

Percentage change in average wages, January 2013 to January 2014.Source: StatsCan survey of payroll employment, earnings and hours (credit:Alamy)

Public administration - up 0.2%(05 of41)

Percentage change in average wages, January 2013 to January 2014.Source: StatsCan survey of payroll employment, earnings and hours (credit:Alamy)

Education: up 1.4%(06 of41)

Percentage change in average wages, January 2013 to January 2014.Source: StatsCan survey of payroll employment, earnings and hours (credit:Alamy)

Manufacturing - up 1.6%(07 of41)

Percentage change in average wages, January 2013 to January 2014.Source: StatsCan survey of payroll employment, earnings and hours (credit:The Canadian Press)

Health care - up 2.3%(08 of41)

Percentage change in average wages, January 2013 to January 2014.Source: StatsCan survey of payroll employment, earnings and hours (credit:The Canadian Press)

Arts, entertainment and recreation - up 2.4%(09 of41)

Percentage change in average wages, January 2013 to January 2014.Source: StatsCan survey of payroll employment, earnings and hours (credit:Getty Images)

Finance and insurance - up 2.7%(10 of41)

Percentage change in average wages, January 2013 to January 2014.Source: StatsCan survey of payroll employment, earnings and hours (credit:Canadian Press)

Professional, scientific & technical - up 3.5%(11 of41)

Percentage change in average wages, January 2013 to January 2014.Source: StatsCan survey of payroll employment, earnings and hours (credit:Alamy)

Utilities - up 3.7%(12 of41)

Percentage change in average wages, January 2013 to January 2014.Source: StatsCan survey of payroll employment, earnings and hours (credit:Shutterstock)

Retail trade - up 6.1%(13 of41)

Percentage change in average wages, January 2013 to January 2014.Source: StatsCan survey of payroll employment, earnings and hours (credit:Alamy)

Construction - up 6.7%(14 of41)

Percentage change in average wages, January 2013 to January 2014.Source: StatsCan survey of payroll employment, earnings and hours (credit:Alamy)

Wholesale trade -- up 6.9%(15 of41)

Percentage change in average wages, January 2013 to January 2014.Source: StatsCan survey of payroll employment, earnings and hours (credit:Getty)

Management - up 9.9%(16 of41)

Percentage change in average wages, January 2013 to January 2014.Source: StatsCan survey of payroll employment, earnings and hours (credit:Alamy)

Mining, oil and gas - up 9.9%(17 of41)

Percentage change in average wages, January 2013 to January 2014.Source: StatsCan survey of payroll employment, earnings and hours (credit:Shutterstock)

BEST: Real estate, rental and leasing - up 12.2%(18 of41)

Percentage change in average wages, January 2013 to January 2014.Source: StatsCan survey of payroll employment, earnings and hours (credit:Shutterstock)

FIRST: BEST CITIES FOR WORK(19 of41)

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10: Toronto(20 of41)

Average salary of advertised jobs: $56,066Number of seekers per job: 4.09Source: Adzuna (credit:Alamy)

9: Winnipeg(21 of41)

Average salary of advertised jobs: $46,393Number of seekers per job: 3.61Source: Adzuna (credit:Alamy)

8: Regina(22 of41)

Average salary of advertised jobs: $47,700Number of seekers per job: 3.27Source: Adzuna (credit:Getty)

7: Saskatoon(23 of41)

Average salary of advertised jobs: $52,719Number of seekers per job: 3.24Source: Adzuna (credit:Alamy)

6: Halifax(24 of41)

Average salary of advertised jobs: $39,045Number of seekers per job: 3.18Source: Adzuna (credit:Alamy)

5: Lethbridge, AB(25 of41)

Average salary of advertised jobs: $52,758Number of seekers per job: 2.91Source: Adzuna (credit:Getty)

4: Calgary(26 of41)

Average salary of advertised jobs: $62,081Number of seekers per job: 2.31Source: Adzuna (credit:Canadian Press)

3: Edmonton(27 of41)

Average salary of advertised jobs: $56,494Number of seekers per job: 2.15Source: Adzuna (credit:Getty)

2: Red Deer, AB(28 of41)

Average salary of advertised jobs: $56,040Number of seekers per job: 1.77Source: Adzuna (credit:Getty)

1: Grande Prairie, AB(29 of41)

Average salary of advertised jobs: $56,265Number of seekers per job: 1.38Source: Adzuna (credit:Kathy Dempsey via flickr)

NEXT: WORST CITIES FOR WORK(30 of41)

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40 (10th worst): Charlottetown, PEI(31 of41)

Average salary of advertised jobs: $44,092Number of seekers per job: 14.33Source: Adzuna (credit:Getty)

41: Sarnia, ON(32 of41)

Average salary of advertised jobs: $51,591Number of seekers per job: 15.22Source: Adzuna (credit:Getty)

42: Chatham-Kent, ON(33 of41)

Average salary of advertised jobs: $45,010Number of seekers per job: 15.51Source: Adzuna (credit:mikequozl via Flickr)

43: Brantford, ON(34 of41)

Average salary of advertised jobs: $45,485Number of seekers per job: 16.54Source: Adzuna (credit:Sean_Marshall via Flickr)

44: Kingston, ON(35 of41)

Average salary of advertised jobs: $50,013Number of seekers per job: 16.7Source: Adzuna

45: Sault Ste. Marie, ON(36 of41)

Average salary of advertised jobs: n/aNumber of seekers per job: 16.84Source: Adzuna (credit:cmh2315fl via Flickr)

46: Oshawa, ON(37 of41)

Average salary of advertised jobs: $42,875Number of seekers per job: 23.43Source: Adzuna (credit:Sean_Marshall via Flickr)

47: Chilliwack, B.C.(38 of41)

Average salary of advertised jobs: $42,053Number of seekers per job: 23.89Source: Adzuna (credit:Getty)

48: Courtenay, B.C.(39 of41)

Average salary of advertised jobs: $41,300Number of seekers per job: 27.86Source: Adzuna (credit:bchow via Flickr)

49: Saguenay, QC(40 of41)

Average salary of advertised jobs: n/aNumber of seekers per job: 31.1Source: Adzuna (credit:La Foez via Flickr)

50 (worst): Cape Breton, NS(41 of41)

Average salary of advertised jobs: $37,306Number of seekers per job: 32.3Source: Adzuna (credit:Getty)

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