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Employers looking for workers in the Windsor-Sarnia region are offering some of the lowest wages in the province.

The average hourly wage offered for vacant positions during the first quarter of 2017 in Windsor-Sarnia was $16.10 an hour — the second lowest rate in Ontario, according to data recently released by Statistics Canada. The provincial average was $20.70 an hour.

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That doesn’t mean the region lacks well-paying jobs, but it’s the low paying ones that are harder to fill, said Michael Batu, assistant professor of economics at the University of Windsor.

“Anywhere you go, there should still be high-paying jobs,” Batu said. “In our case, we still have the (Fiat Chrysler) plant. And we have other manufacturing here that may end up (paying) more than average.”

However, the bulk of vacant jobs and the new ones being created fall on the low-paying end of the spectrum and that pulls the average down, he said.