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Average hourly wages of employees by selected characteristics and profession, unadjusted data, by province (monthly)
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| 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 | |
| Alta. | |||||
| 15 years and over | 1,670.9 | 25.38 | 1,768.7 | 26.26 | 3.5 |
| 15 to 24 years | 287.3 | 15.04 | 301.9 | 16.54 | 10.0 |
| 25 to 54 years | 1,153.7 | 27.46 | 1,195.4 | 28.43 | 3.5 |
| 55 years and over | 229.8 | 27.90 | 271.5 | 27.50 | -1.4 |
| Men | 871.8 | 28.16 | 936.1 | 29.09 | 3.3 |
| Women | 799.1 | 22.35 | 832.6 | 23.07 | 3.2 |
| Full-time | 1,362.7 | 27.21 | 1,482.3 | 27.86 | 2.4 |
| Part-time | 308.2 | 17.33 | 286.4 | 17.97 | 3.7 |
| Union coverage2 | 404.3 | 28.82 | 403.2 | 29.41 | 2.0 |
| No union coverage3 | 1,266.6 | 24.29 | 1,365.6 | 25.33 | 4.3 |
| Permanent job4 | 1,499.1 | 25.88 | 1,593.1 | 26.89 | 3.9 |
| Temporary job5 | 171.7 | 21.08 | 175.6 | 20.55 | -2.5 |
| Management occupations | 105.4 | 38.09 | 109.4 | 43.59 | 14.4 |
| Business, finance and administrative occupations | 324.8 | 23.46 | 327.7 | 23.82 | 1.5 |
| Natural and applied sciences and related occupations | 139.1 | 37.97 | 154.5 | 37.34 | -1.7 |
| Health occupations | 108.0 | 30.00 | 113.2 | 29.60 | -1.3 |
| Occupations in social science, education, government service and religion | 137.1 | 30.80 | 144.3 | 31.10 | 1.0 |
| Occupations in art, culture, recreation and sport | 21.5 | 23.85 | 30.3 | 25.60 | 7.3 |
| Sales and service occupations | 431.2 | 16.04 | 455.7 | 16.94 | 5.6 |
| Trades, transport and equipment operators and related occupations | 290.9 | 26.05 | 309.4 | 27.40 | 5.2 |
| Occupations unique to primary industry | 54.3 | 28.78 | 64.8 | 28.21 | -2.0 |
| Occupations unique to processing, manufacturing and utilities | 58.6 | 25.01 | 59.5 | 24.62 | -1.6 |
| 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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