The State of Bookselling in Canada 2020
Staff support and hours Working at a bookstore was mostly a part time gig in 2020. More than half of bookstores that answered our survey employed more part time staff than full time employees (57%), 28% employed more full time employees than part time, and 15% employed the same number of full time and part time employees. Part time and full time staffing by the numbers in 2020: ● Total employees: 241 full time and 379 part time ● Average: 4.4 full time and 6.9 part time staff ● Median: 2 full time and 4 part time staff The preference for part time employees remains true across all sizes of bookstores that answered our survey. On average, they employed a larger number of part time staff than full time staff. Interestingly, the average number of full time staff is similar for both small and medium bookstores: 1.7 and 1.6, respectively. In comparison, the average number of part time staff is exponentially larger for medium bookstores than for small bookstores. Average number of part time and full time employees by size of bookstore
Full time n= 241; Part time n=379
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