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The average weekly earnings of employees increased 0.6% from August to $798.57 in September.
Compared with September 2007, average weekly earnings rose 3.3%.
Between September 2007 and September 2008, among Canada's largest industrial sectors, earnings increased by 8.9% in accommodation and food services, 6.8% in health and social assistance, 4.2% in retail trade, 3.3% in educational services, and 1.7% in manufacturing.
The strongest year-over-year earnings growth among the provinces was reported in Alberta (+5.9%), New Brunswick (+4.3%), and Saskatchewan (+4.1%).
The number of employees in September was unchanged from the previous month.
Since September 2007, the number of employees has increased by 235,400 (+1.6%).
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 October will be released on December 22.
For more information, or to order data, contact Client Services (toll-free 1-866-873-8788; 613-951-4090; labour@statcan.gc.ca). To enquire about the concepts, methods or data quality of this release, contact Peter Lorenz (613-951-4167), Labour Statistics Division.
Table 2
Average weekly earnings (including overtime) for all employees
