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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) October 2008 September 2009r October 2009p September to October 2009 October 2008 to October 2009
  Seasonally adjusted
  $ % change
Industrial aggregate 818.36 828.51 831.17 0.3 1.6
Forestry, logging and support 930.52 871.05 923.34 6.0 -0.8
Mining and quarrying, and oil and gas extraction 1,544.02 1,553.82 1,549.11 -0.3 0.3
Utilities 1,417.95 1,566.33 1,573.13 0.4 10.9
Construction 1,058.09 1,031.68 1,054.51 2.2 -0.3
Manufacturing 940.78 949.70 923.34 -2.8 -1.9
Wholesale trade 976.06 947.51 997.25 5.2 2.2
Retail trade 479.72 499.01 499.33 0.1 4.1
Transportation and warehousing 884.30 858.36 858.64 0.0 -2.9
Information and cultural industries 990.84 1,122.52 1,058.66 -5.7 6.8
Finance and insurance 990.81 991.54 1,060.04 6.9 7.0
Real estate and rental and leasing 782.18 748.84 768.27 2.6 -1.8
Professional, scientific and technical services 1,106.64 1,119.10 1,125.99 0.6 1.7
Management of companies and enterprises 1,040.39 1,190.64 1,217.13 2.2 17.0
Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services 701.76 674.51 675.21 0.1 -3.8
Educational services 875.74 900.15 901.92 0.2 3.0
Health care and social assistance 759.83 775.94 767.93 -1.0 1.1
Arts, entertainment and recreation 489.04 529.54 524.07 -1.0 7.2
Accommodation and food services 336.67 340.52 342.95 0.7 1.9
Other services (excluding public administration) 669.97 671.40 692.52 3.1 3.4
Public administration 1,040.22 1,084.81 1,084.05 -0.1 4.2
Provinces and territories          
Newfoundland and Labrador 775.31 795.70 810.87 1.9 4.6
Prince Edward Island 670.24 700.56 705.11 0.6 5.2
Nova Scotia 725.01 739.61 735.05 -0.6 1.4
New Brunswick 740.22 761.08 756.42 -0.6 2.2
Quebec 762.60 764.02 767.62 0.5 0.7
Ontario 844.80 854.08 857.05 0.3 1.5
Manitoba 754.40 785.08 789.85 0.6 4.7
Saskatchewan 794.86 809.13 815.22 0.8 2.6
Alberta 930.75 952.64 953.69 0.1 2.5
British Columbia 794.46 798.51 805.57 0.9 1.4
Yukon 848.61 905.24 909.02 0.4 7.1
Northwest Territories¹ 1,119.13 1,156.15 1,157.96 0.2 3.5
Nunavut¹ 904.77 871.37 867.30 -0.5 -4.1
revised
preliminary
Data not seasonally adjusted.