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In December, the average weekly earnings of payroll employees (seasonally adjusted) decreased 0.1% or by $0.71 from November to $782.02. Compared with a year earlier, average weekly earnings were up 3.1%.
In Canada's largest industrial sectors, earnings were up 3.4% in health and social assistance, 2.8% in manufacturing, 2.6% in educational services, and 1.4% in retail trade compared with a year earlier.
Alberta (+4.3%) and Saskatchewan (+5.4%) had the strongest year-over-year earnings growth among all provinces.
Nationally, the number of occupied payroll jobs climbed 13,900 (+0.1%) in December to 14,454,900. Among the provinces, Saskatchewan (+0.8%), Newfoundland and Labrador (+0.3%), British Columbia (+0.3%), Prince Edward Island (-0.3%), and New Brunswick (-0.3%) had the largest month-to-month changes.
The industrial sector showing the strongest employment growth in December was mining and oil and gas extraction (+0.8%).
Overall, payroll employment has grown by 237,100 (+1.7%) since the beginning of 2007.
Employment in the construction sector had the highest growth rate in 2007 at 7.6%, followed by mining, oil and gas extraction (+5.0%).
The average hourly earnings for hourly paid employees edged up 0.1% in December to $19.55. The average weekly hours for hourly paid employees decreased 0.1 hours to 30.9.
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 January will be released on March 30.
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