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In March, the average weekly earnings of payroll employees (seasonally adjusted) increased $2.70 (+0.4%) from February to $765.76. The year-to-date growth reached 3.1%. This rate of change is calculated as the average of the first three months of 2007 compared to the average of the same three months in 2006.
In Canada's largest industrial sectors, the year-to-date earnings growth for the first three months of 2007 was 3.3% in manufacturing, 2.9% in health and social assistance, 0.4% in retail trade and 0.6% in education.
Among the provinces, Alberta posted a small decrease (-0.4%) in average weekly earnings in March, although the province continued to show strong earnings growth, with a year-to-date increase of 5.0%. All other provinces had earnings growth in March.
Nationally, payroll jobs increased by 11,800 (+0.1%) in March, bringing the total estimated number to 14,248,200. The province that recorded the largest percentage increase in employment for March was Saskatchewan (+0.6%). The largest absolute increases were in Ontario (+12,200) and Alberta (+4,500).
The average hourly earnings for hourly paid employees edged up 0.2% in March to $18.89. The average weekly hours for hourly paid employees increased 0.3% to 31.3 hours.
Available on CANSIM: tables 281-0023 to 281-0046.
Definitions, data sources and methods: survey number 2612.
Detailed industry data, data by size of enterprise based on employment, and other labour market indicators will be available soon in the monthly publication Employment, Earnings and Hours (72-002-XIB, free).
Data on payroll employment, earnings and hours for April will be released on June 26.
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