In 2016, the average household size was 2.7 and the majority of the population with children had either one or two. In 2015 the average income in the city was C$73,500, and the average income for a family was C$160,394, with 7.9% of all families earning less than $30,000. Minimum wage in Yellowknife and the NWT is C$13.46 (2018). Average household expenditures were C$125,783 in 2015. In 2016, the unemployment rate was at 5.9%; the employment rate for males was 80.1%, for females it was 75.2%.