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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 Classificiation System) April 2008 March 2009r April 2009p March to April 2009 April 2008 to April 2009
  Seasonally adjusted
  $ % change
Industrial aggregate 809.25 820.47 820.53 0.0 1.4
Forestry, logging and support 915.19 839.14 837.61 -0.2 -8.5
Mining and quarrying, and oil and gas extraction 1,631.57 1,641.93 1,605.61 -2.2 -1.6
Utilities 1,401.64 1,482.97 1,483.72 0.1 5.9
Construction 996.15 1,048.55 1,041.98 -0.6 4.6
Manufacturing 959.71 923.39 902.51 -2.3 -6.0
Wholesale trade 949.86 1,000.09 981.01 -1.9 3.3
Retail trade 472.21 482.51 475.22 -1.5 0.6
Transportation and warehousing 887.66 894.21 911.31 1.9 2.7
Information and cultural industries 987.66 1,084.11 1,102.76 1.7 11.7
Finance and Insurance 999.28 1,049.72 1,057.83 0.8 5.9
Real estate and rental and leasing 780.90 748.27 765.94 2.4 -1.9
Professional, scientific and technical services 1,076.22 1,127.06 1,139.12 1.1 5.8
Management of companies and enterprises 1,155.30 1,156.47 1,084.63 -6.2 -6.1
Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services 654.39 664.65 691.92 4.1 5.7
Educational services 855.71 855.36 858.50 0.4 0.3
Health care and social assistance 732.50 767.21 774.61 1.0 5.7
Arts, entertainment and recreation 520.16 491.94 492.45 0.1 -5.3
Accommodation and food services 331.10 331.28 328.50 -0.8 -0.8
Other services (excluding public administration) 676.44 680.42 692.72 1.8 2.4
Public administration 1,052.63 1,062.52 1,065.36 0.3 1.2
Provinces and territories          
Newfoundland and Labrador 763.35 797.87 799.20 0.2 4.7
Prince Edward Island 659.04 689.66 697.50 1.1 5.8
Nova Scotia 710.20 729.88 733.09 0.4 3.2
New Brunswick 722.66 740.75 740.11 -0.1 2.4
Quebec 756.12 751.90 760.76 1.2 0.6
Ontario 835.09 847.43 848.63 0.1 1.6
Manitoba 750.39 768.30 764.32 -0.5 1.9
Saskatchewan 783.70 799.70 795.35 -0.5 1.5
Alberta 917.31 964.08 946.66 -1.8 3.2
British Columbia 790.16 797.82 790.13 -1.0 0.0
Yukon 859.76 897.57 893.00 -0.5 3.9
Northwest Territories¹ 1,078.77 1,176.32 1,148.74 -2.3 6.5
Nunavut¹ 898.54 854.70 871.02 1.9 -3.1
revised
preliminary
Data not seasonally adjusted.