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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) August 2008 July 2009r August 2009p July to August 2009 August 2008 to August 2009
  Seasonally adjusted
  $ % change
Industrial aggregate 811.65 823.62 828.14 0.5 2.0
Forestry, logging and support 963.76 832.19 886.82 6.6 -8.0
Mining and quarrying, and oil and gas extraction 1,523.55 1,580.68 1,526.66 -3.4 0.2
Utilities 1,421.81 1,459.37 1,557.19 6.7 9.5
Construction 1,023.44 1,058.18 1,030.20 -2.6 0.7
Manufacturing 943.37 912.57 920.88 0.9 -2.4
Wholesale trade 960.40 1,019.34 1,018.05 -0.1 6.0
Retail trade 486.05 475.60 478.79 0.7 -1.5
Transportation and warehousing 872.82 878.84 866.49 -1.4 -0.7
Information and cultural industries 992.37 1,020.51 1,108.21 8.6 11.7
Finance and insurance 1,013.84 1,004.71 1,071.31 6.6 5.7
Real estate and rental and leasing 782.57 780.23 744.77 -4.5 -4.8
Professional, scientific and technical services 1,064.85 1,100.52 1,120.92 1.9 5.3
Management of companies and enterprises 1,038.17 1,143.54 1,166.50 2.0 12.4
Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services 677.38 671.55 662.13 -1.4 -2.3
Educational services 864.84 908.41 906.98 -0.2 4.9
Health care and social assistance 751.61 766.24 775.74 1.2 3.2
Arts, entertainment and recreation 501.62 540.17 535.97 -0.8 6.8
Accommodation and food services 335.44 325.82 336.12 3.2 0.2
Other services (excluding public administration) 666.74 732.06 677.27 -7.5 1.6
Public administration 1,028.13 1,084.73 1,084.75 0.0 5.5
Provinces and territories          
Newfoundland and Labrador 771.74 801.54 801.62 0.0 3.9
Prince Edward Island 669.25 698.82 697.11 -0.2 4.2
Nova Scotia 716.78 729.09 736.31 1.0 2.7
New Brunswick 740.82 756.49 757.88 0.2 2.3
Quebec 736.24 771.79 764.57 -0.9 3.8
Ontario 839.60 846.29 853.43 0.8 1.6
Manitoba 756.02 774.45 771.59 -0.4 2.1
Saskatchewan 798.52 803.29 808.82 0.7 1.3
Alberta 923.47 943.38 941.80 -0.2 2.0
British Columbia 803.46 797.75 802.70 0.6 -0.1
Yukon 858.70 888.69 914.48 2.9 6.5
Northwest Territories¹ 1,108.68 1,158.04 1,159.02 0.1 4.5
Nunavut¹ 934.06 884.61 884.39 0.0 -5.3
revised
preliminary
Data not seasonally adjusted.