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Table 1 Average weekly earnings (including overtime) for all employees

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Average weekly earnings (including overtime) for all employees
Industry Group (North American Industry Classification System) December 2007 November 2008r December 2008p November to December 2008 December 2007 to December 2008
  Seasonally adjusted
  $ % change
Industrial aggregate 780.76 802.34 801.92 -0.1 2.7
Forestry, logging and support 984.90 962.13 928.07 -3.5 -5.8
Mining and quarrying, and oil and gas extraction 1,441.87 1,544.77 1,563.77 1.2 8.5
Utilities 1,161.84 1,205.12 1,189.02 -1.3 2.3
Construction 952.72 1,013.43 993.87 -1.9 4.3
Manufacturing 949.69 970.00 965.27 -0.5 1.6
Wholesale trade 920.28 932.59 943.46 1.2 2.5
Retail trade 489.25 507.16 507.13 0.0 3.7
Transportation and warehousing 808.52 819.56 819.75 0.0 1.4
Information and cultural industries 983.44 992.63 979.09 -1.4 -0.4
Finance and insurance 1,019.77 1,007.46 1,000.07 -0.7 -1.9
Real estate and rental and leasing 712.04 668.85 723.88 8.2 1.7
Professional, scientific and technical services 1,018.34 1,032.84 1,064.81 3.1 4.6
Management of companies and enterprises 1,013.30 945.14 947.48 0.2 -6.5
Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services 639.73 647.30 660.11 2.0 3.2
Educational services 846.24 893.67 881.67 -1.3 4.2
Health care and social assistance 708.54 755.92 760.32 0.6 7.3
Arts, entertainment and recreation 470.66 498.16 515.03 3.4 9.4
Accommodation and food services 331.91 333.43 334.95 0.5 0.9
Other services (excluding public administration) 608.63 608.23 613.03 0.8 0.7
Public administration 985.28 981.00 991.39 1.1 0.6
Provinces and territories          
Newfoundland and Labrador 728.01 751.52 752.98 0.2 3.4
Prince Edward Island 633.94 649.62 660.85 1.7 4.2
Nova Scotia 679.04 688.86 697.05 1.2 2.7
New Brunswick 724.05 736.57 750.22 1.9 3.6
Quebec 735.10 745.03 757.41 1.7 3.0
Ontario 811.01 834.58 832.88 -0.2 2.7
Manitoba 715.16 724.41 735.22 1.5 2.8
Saskatchewan 740.78 770.78 773.63 0.4 4.4
Alberta 854.65 899.28 888.97 -1.1 4.0
British Columbia 768.28 776.44 773.25 -0.4 0.6
Yukon 900.01 904.03 901.45 -0.3 0.2
Northwest Territories¹ 1,022.26 1,092.09 1,077.87 -1.3 5.4
Nunavut¹ 946.89 963.31 959.73 -0.4 1.4
revised
preliminary
Data not seasonally adjusted.