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Canadian Wages
Payroll employment, earnings and hours for October 2007
Statscan - In October, the average weekly earnings of payroll employees (seasonally adjusted) climbed $4.04 (+0.5%) from September to $776.48. The year-to-date growth, calculated as the average of the first 10 months of 2007 compared with that of the same 10 months in 2006, was 3.1%.
In Canada's largest industrial sectors, year-to-date earnings growth as of October was 0.4% in retail trade, 3.5% in manufacturing, and 3.5% in health care and social assistance.
Year-to-date earnings growth in Alberta (+4.6%) continued to surpass that of other provinces.
Nationally, the number of occupied payroll jobs climbed 57,900 (+0.4%) in October to 14,426,000. Among the provinces, Prince Edward Island (+1.2%), Saskatchewan (+0.7%) and British Columbia (+0.6%) registered the strongest gains in October.
The industrial sectors showing the strongest employment growth in October were mining, oil and gas extraction (+1.9%) and arts, entertainment and recreation (+1.0%).
Overall, payroll employment has grown by 208,300 (+1.5%) since the beginning of the year.
The average hourly earnings for hourly-paid employees rose 0.4% in October to $19.29. The average weekly hours for hourly-paid employees remained at 31.0 over the same period.
| Average weekly earnings (including overtime) for all employees |
| Industry group (North American Industry Classification System) |
October 2006 |
September 2007r |
October 2007p |
September to October 2007 |
October 2006 to October 2007 |
Year-to-date average 20071 |
| |
Seasonally adjusted |
| |
$ |
% change |
| Industrial aggregate |
753.47 |
772.44 |
776.48 |
0.5 |
3.1 |
3.1 |
| Forestry, logging and support |
945.69 |
934.72 |
954.16 |
2.1 |
0.9 |
-0.3 |
| Mining and oil and gas |
1,350.31 |
1,430.75 |
1,426.86 |
-0.3 |
5.7 |
5.2 |
| Utilities |
1,098.76 |
1,132.94 |
1,139.44 |
0.6 |
3.7 |
3.1 |
| Construction |
900.46 |
946.99 |
951.98 |
0.5 |
5.7 |
4.0 |
| Manufacturing |
912.44 |
938.83 |
945.00 |
0.7 |
3.6 |
3.5 |
| Wholesale Trade |
882.53 |
915.75 |
920.63 |
0.5 |
4.3 |
4.7 |
| Retail trade |
478.13 |
488.70 |
487.27 |
-0.3 |
1.9 |
0.4 |
| Transportation and warehousing |
782.38 |
805.64 |
800.97 |
-0.6 |
2.4 |
2.1 |
| Information and cultural industries |
942.37 |
983.55 |
980.75 |
-0.3 |
4.1 |
4.2 |
| Finance and insurance |
977.91 |
1,013.30 |
1,013.99 |
0.1 |
3.7 |
3.4 |
| Real estate and rental and leasing |
689.16 |
694.94 |
694.09 |
-0.1 |
0.7 |
4.9 |
| Professional, scientific and technical services |
978.21 |
984.86 |
995.35 |
1.1 |
1.8 |
2.1 |
| Management of companies and enterprises |
934.91 |
962.57 |
977.60 |
1.6 |
4.6 |
-1.6 |
| Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services |
612.15 |
629.98 |
627.36 |
-0.4 |
2.5 |
7.1 |
| Educational Services |
816.34 |
829.13 |
833.88 |
0.6 |
2.1 |
1.1 |
| Health care and social assistance |
685.20 |
704.03 |
708.13 |
0.6 |
3.3 |
3.5 |
| Arts, entertainment and recreation |
445.76 |
455.68 |
452.84 |
-0.6 |
1.6 |
3.2 |
| Accommodation and food services |
316.08 |
320.72 |
325.28 |
1.4 |
2.9 |
7.5 |
| Other services (excluding public administration) |
593.66 |
611.82 |
616.87 |
0.8 |
3.9 |
4.7 |
| Public administration |
943.34 |
977.53 |
983.49 |
0.6 |
4.3 |
3.9 |
| Provinces and territories |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Newfoundland and Labrador |
698.30 |
722.56 |
723.60 |
0.1 |
3.6 |
3.5 |
| Prince Edward Island |
613.09 |
626.83 |
627.41 |
0.1 |
2.3 |
4.2 |
| Nova Scotia |
664.53 |
669.52 |
670.47 |
0.1 |
0.9 |
2.3 |
| New Brunswick |
687.10 |
710.69 |
714.35 |
0.5 |
4.0 |
3.7 |
| Quebec |
704.70 |
723.73 |
724.49 |
0.1 |
2.8 |
2.8 |
| Ontario |
788.61 |
803.73 |
807.01 |
0.4 |
2.3 |
2.7 |
| Manitoba |
683.38 |
708.22 |
712.36 |
0.6 |
4.2 |
4.0 |
| Saskatchewan |
698.06 |
735.68 |
738.81 |
0.4 |
5.8 |
4.2 |
| Alberta |
813.38 |
847.55 |
853.89 |
0.7 |
5.0 |
4.6 |
| British Columbia |
745.56 |
763.50 |
768.26 |
0.6 |
3.0 |
2.7 |
| Yukon |
860.93 |
891.64 |
892.43 |
0.1 |
3.7 |
3.0 |
| Northwest Territories2 |
985.10 |
1027.45 |
1026.84 |
-0.1 |
4.2 |
2.4 |
| Nunavut2 |
912.43 |
967.33 |
956.34 |
-1.1 |
4.8 |
5.2 |
| r | revised |
| p | preliminary |
| 1. | Rate of change for the first 10 months of 2007 compared with the same months for 2006. |
| 2. | Data not seasonally adjusted. |
|
| Number of Employees |
| Industry group (North American Industry Classification System) |
December 2006 |
August 2007 |
September 2007r |
October 2007p |
August to September 2007 |
September to October 2007 |
December 2006 to October 2007 |
| |
Seasonally adjusted |
| |
thousands |
% change |
| Industrial aggregate |
14,217.7 |
14,342.4 |
14,368.1 |
14,426.0 |
0.2 |
0.4 |
1.5 |
| Forestry, logging and support |
57.5 |
54.6 |
53.1 |
52.8 |
-2.7 |
-0.6 |
-8.2 |
| Mining and oil and gas |
186.8 |
194.4 |
195.3 |
199.0 |
0.5 |
1.9 |
6.5 |
| Utilities |
121.0 |
123.1 |
123.6 |
123.6 |
0.4 |
0.0 |
2.1 |
| Construction |
752.6 |
793.6 |
799.1 |
804.5 |
0.7 |
0.7 |
6.9 |
| Manufacturing |
1,832.2 |
1,794.9 |
1,785.7 |
1,792.9 |
-0.5 |
0.4 |
-2.1 |
| Wholesale Trade |
750.1 |
761.1 |
763.3 |
766.0 |
0.3 |
0.4 |
2.1 |
| Retail trade |
1,754.6 |
1,809.6 |
1,809.8 |
1,817.5 |
0.0 |
0.4 |
3.6 |
| Transportation and warehousing |
639.7 |
656.6 |
652.7 |
653.0 |
-0.6 |
0.0 |
2.1 |
| Information and cultural industries |
353.9 |
357.2 |
356.7 |
356.4 |
-0.1 |
-0.1 |
0.7 |
| Finance and insurance |
615.7 |
630.9 |
633.8 |
634.8 |
0.5 |
0.2 |
3.1 |
| Real estate and rental and leasing |
246.4 |
253.4 |
252.4 |
253.1 |
-0.4 |
0.3 |
2.7 |
| Professional, scientific and technical services |
714.4 |
727.2 |
729.4 |
733.1 |
0.3 |
0.5 |
2.6 |
| Management of companies and enterprises |
97.4 |
98.8 |
99.1 |
99.8 |
0.3 |
0.7 |
2.5 |
| Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services |
706.0 |
720.6 |
718.3 |
722.7 |
-0.3 |
0.6 |
2.4 |
| Educational services |
1,061.4 |
1,084.2 |
1,098.8 |
1,096.7 |
1.3 |
-0.2 |
3.3 |
| Health care and social assistance |
1,456.8 |
1,482.5 |
1,483.8 |
1,485.3 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
2.0 |
| Arts, entertainment and recreation |
239.5 |
236.9 |
239.6 |
242.0 |
1.1 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
| Accommodation and food services |
1,028.0 |
1,049.5 |
1,056.4 |
1,062.2 |
0.7 |
0.5 |
3.3 |
| Other services (excluding public administration) |
517.8 |
526.8 |
529.1 |
531.6 |
0.4 |
0.5 |
2.7 |
| Public administration |
815.3 |
823.0 |
825.1 |
830.9 |
0.3 |
0.7 |
1.9 |
| Provinces and territories |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Newfoundland and Labrador |
177.6 |
184.9 |
183.8 |
183.8 |
-0.6 |
0.0 |
3.5 |
| Prince Edward Island |
57.0 |
57.9 |
58.6 |
59.3 |
1.2 |
1.2 |
4.0 |
| Nova Scotia |
386.0 |
388.8 |
389.1 |
390.0 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
1.0 |
| New Brunswick |
309.4 |
304.1 |
306.6 |
307.5 |
0.8 |
0.3 |
-0.6 |
| Quebec |
3,260.6 |
3,278.8 |
3,278.3 |
3,289.2 |
0.0 |
0.3 |
0.9 |
| Ontario |
5,455.3 |
5,494.0 |
5,507.0 |
5,533.8 |
0.2 |
0.5 |
1.4 |
| Manitoba |
530.2 |
538.8 |
539.5 |
540.7 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
2.0 |
| Saskatchewan |
419.4 |
426.0 |
427.8 |
430.8 |
0.4 |
0.7 |
2.7 |
| Alberta |
1,709.8 |
1,733.1 |
1,738.4 |
1,745.1 |
0.3 |
0.4 |
2.1 |
| British Columbia |
1,852.3 |
1,884.9 |
1,890.5 |
1,901.4 |
0.3 |
0.6 |
2.7 |
| Yukon |
17.2 |
17.9 |
17.9 |
18.0 |
0.0 |
0.6 |
4.7 |
| Northwest Territories1 |
22.7 |
24.6 |
23.7 |
24.0 |
-3.7 |
1.3 |
5.7 |
| Nunavut1 |
10.8 |
10.9 |
10.8 |
10.9 |
-0.9 |
0.9 |
0.9 |
| r | revised |
| p | preliminary |
| 1. | Data not seasonally adjusted. |
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