The BMO report measures the Hamilton CMA using opaque methodology and weighting, so that's two or three grains of salt.
While it is unclear if there is any distinction drawn between full-time and part-time employment in this accounting (or if factors such as participation rate are considered), it does show the CMA posting the second steepest drop in employment in the country (-1.2% versus the +1.4% national average), a distinction mooted by Hamilton's cheap real estate and Burlington's high incomes. In terms of employment growth, we're #18 of 19 CMAs. Only Ottawa (-1.3%) fares worse.
And incomes in this case are measured in terms of census family earnings ("all family units; employment/self-employment income only; forecasted for 2013").