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Table 2 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) February 2008 January 2009r February 2009p January to February 2009 February 2008 to February 2009
  Seasonally adjusted
  $ % change
Industrial aggregate 806.24 817.09 820.95 0.5 1.8
Forestry, logging and support 982.43 868.26 789.36 -9.1 -19.7
Mining and quarrying, and oil and gas extraction 1,508.02 1,590.16 1,603.85 0.9 6.4
Utilities 1,416.68 1,476.39 1,507.09 2.1 6.4
Construction 975.27 1,053.47 1,056.61 0.3 8.3
Manufacturing 961.82 922.05 920.32 -0.2 -4.3
Wholesale trade 956.23 977.46 1,026.05 5.0 7.3
Retail trade 459.84 486.84 485.52 -0.3 5.6
Transportation and warehousing 887.17 901.40 891.44 -1.1 0.5
Information and cultural industries 1,020.28 1,078.69 1,116.90 3.5 9.5
Finance and insurance 1,002.86 1,017.10 1,022.54 0.5 2.0
Real estate and rental and leasing 747.27 784.03 760.04 -3.1 1.7
Professional, scientific and technical services 1,096.66 1,125.97 1,151.06 2.2 5.0
Management of companies and enterprises 1,159.49 1,087.64 1,170.86 7.7 1.0
Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services 660.65 688.54 666.39 -3.2 0.9
Educational services 856.07 873.37 862.00 -1.3 0.7
Health care and social assistance 731.61 744.44 746.37 0.3 2.0
Arts, entertainment and recreation 506.52 508.52 498.54 -2.0 -1.6
Accommodation and food services 330.06 330.74 334.85 1.2 1.5
Other services (excluding public administration) 657.90 668.37 678.96 1.6 3.2
Public administration 1,041.45 1,031.15 1,047.28 1.6 0.6
Provinces and territories          
Newfoundland and Labrador 752.29 774.10 785.86 1.5 4.5
Prince Edward Island 658.61 676.57 674.74 -0.3 2.4
Nova Scotia 705.08 723.59 727.89 0.6 3.2
New Brunswick 720.19 736.77 736.16 -0.1 2.2
Quebec 736.37 742.03 752.77 1.4 2.2
Ontario 836.34 842.21 845.19 0.4 1.1
Manitoba 752.71 766.29 768.25 0.3 2.1
Saskatchewan 776.70 797.31 803.63 0.8 3.5
Alberta 924.01 947.96 973.61 2.7 5.4
British Columbia 790.82 793.41 786.99 -0.8 -0.5
Yukon 857.79 851.33 896.97 5.4 4.6
Northwest Territories¹ 1,056.85 1,156.62 1,143.15 -1.2 8.2
Nunavut¹ 916.72 815.35 885.95 8.7 -3.4
revised
preliminary
Data not seasonally adjusted.