Buffalo wages are almost across the board higher than Toronto’s….the average home price is 222K CAD

Traditionally I’ve found wage data to be pretty terrible. One site the average wage for a basket weaver is 100K, another says it’s 200K. They’re based on submissions or surveys etc. But I recently found gold-standard data sources for the US and Canada.For the US it’s the Bureau of Labour Statistics. For Canada it’s the job-bank the feds maintain. Anyway, both these sources have data by metro-area so I’ve decided to compare.And what I decided to compare is Buffalo and Toronto, a short 100-min drive down the QEW. Anyway, across the board most private sector careers pay more in Buffalo.In Toronto the median accountant $35 CAD an hour. A two hour drive away in Buffalo, the median accountant makes $40 CAD/hour (line 13-2011).In Toronto a construction manager makes $41/hour. In Buffalo one makes $56.30 CAD /hour (line 11-9021).Software developer: Toronto is $38.50/hour. Buffalo is $51.85 CAD (15-1256).Is this true in the public sector? Toronto is $45.19/hour. If you look at 25-2031 it’s $75K/year, works out to $44.51/CAD year. Interesting!What about a nurse? Toronto is $35/hour. Buffalo is $46 CAD/hour (29-1141). Guess those US medical bills go somewhere.Anyway you get the point. To top it off, Toronto’s average home price is over a million. In Buffalo it’s $222K CAD.So errrrr wtf? I know “you have to live in Buffalo then bruh”. But if enough priced-out young people did the move it would turn desirable pretty quick. via /r/canadahousing https://ift.tt/3lWjsPo