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Average hourly wages of employees by selected characteristics and profession, unadjusted data, by province (monthly)
Related tables: Wages, salaries and other earnings, Employment and unemployment, Occupations.
| January 2011 | January 2012 | January 2011 to January 2012 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| number of employees1 (thousands) | average hourly wage ($) | number of employees1 (thousands) | average hourly wage ($) | % change in hourly wage | |
| N.B. | |||||
| 15 years and over | 294.8 | 19.85 | 302.5 | 20.07 | 1.1 |
| 15 to 24 years | 40.0 | 12.00 | 42.3 | 12.70 | 5.8 |
| 25 to 54 years | 206.1 | 21.21 | 207.0 | 21.42 | 1.0 |
| 55 years and over | 48.7 | 20.57 | 53.3 | 20.67 | 0.5 |
| Men | 142.3 | 20.83 | 146.5 | 21.83 | 4.8 |
| Women | 152.5 | 18.95 | 156.0 | 18.41 | -2.8 |
| Full-time | 247.7 | 20.89 | 252.7 | 21.28 | 1.9 |
| Part-time | 47.1 | 14.43 | 49.8 | 13.93 | -3.5 |
| Union coverage2 | 90.2 | 24.60 | 88.7 | 25.51 | 3.7 |
| No union coverage3 | 204.6 | 17.76 | 213.8 | 17.81 | 0.3 |
| Permanent job4 | 254.3 | 20.32 | 261.0 | 20.40 | 0.4 |
| Temporary job5 | 40.4 | 16.94 | 41.5 | 17.99 | 6.2 |
| Management occupations | 20.9 | 30.89 | 19.6 | 31.16 | 0.9 |
| Business, finance and administrative occupations | 60.6 | 18.70 | 60.8 | 18.83 | 0.7 |
| Natural and applied sciences and related occupations | 20.7 | 25.99 | 21.1 | 26.58 | 2.3 |
| Health occupations | 26.4 | 23.72 | 23.8 | 24.82 | 4.6 |
| Occupations in social science, education, government service and religion | 23.3 | 25.40 | 25.8 | 25.90 | 2.0 |
| Occupations in art, culture, recreation and sport | 3.8 | 20.25 | 4.3 | 23.62 | 16.6 |
| Sales and service occupations | 71.5 | 14.17 | 79.9 | 13.81 | -2.5 |
| Trades, transport and equipment operators and related occupations | 49.1 | 18.36 | 46.0 | 20.19 | 10.0 |
| Occupations unique to primary industry | 5.0 | 20.69 | 7.2 | 18.04 | -12.8 |
| Occupations unique to processing, manufacturing and utilities | 13.4 | 16.54 | 14.0 | 16.57 | 0.2 |
| 1. Those who work as employees of a private firm or business or the public sector. 2. Employees who are members of a union and employees who are not union members but who are covered by a collective agreement or a union contract. 3. Employees who are not members of a union or not covered by a collective agreement or a union contract. 4. A permanent job is one that is expected to last as long as the employee wants it, given that business conditions permit. That is, there is no pre-determined termination date. 5. A temporary job has a predetermined end date, or will end as soon as a specified project is completed. Includes seasonal jobs; temporary, term or contract jobs including work done through a temporary help agency; casual jobs; and other temporary work. Sources: Statistics Canada, CANSIM tables 282-0069 and 282-0073. Last modified: 2012-02-03. | |||||
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