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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) November 2008 October 2009r November 2009p October to November 2009 November 2008 to November 2009
  Seasonally adjusted
  current dollars % change
Industrial aggregate 819.87 827.02 830.46 0.4 1.3
Forestry, logging and support 895.14 868.15 878.57 1.2 -1.9
Mining and quarrying, and oil and gas extraction 1,555.85 1,544.69 1,572.20 1.8 1.1
Utilities 1,448.05 1,570.89 1,525.03 -2.9 5.3
Construction 1,062.46 1,056.89 1,052.64 -0.4 -0.9
Manufacturing 948.03 900.24 935.14 3.9 -1.4
Wholesale trade 962.00 991.48 987.09 -0.4 2.6
Retail trade 487.59 496.63 491.35 -1.1 0.8
Transportation and warehousing 894.55 853.58 846.36 -0.8 -5.4
Information and cultural industries 1,031.44 1,032.48 1,114.03 7.9 8.0
Finance and insurance 998.45 1,042.36 1,037.34 -0.5 3.9
Real estate and rental and leasing 712.27 764.02 796.55 4.3 11.8
Professional, scientific and technical services 1,114.23 1,122.94 1,137.44 1.3 2.1
Management of companies and enterprises 1,048.87 1,181.85 1,232.73 4.3 17.5
Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services 676.50 673.34 671.75 -0.2 -0.7
Educational services 880.38 902.44 892.15 -1.1 1.3
Health care and social assistance 769.22 769.01 782.52 1.8 1.7
Arts, entertainment and recreation 490.22 521.37 510.24 -2.1 4.1
Accommodation and food services 323.85 342.26 337.92 -1.3 4.3
Other services (excluding public administration) 658.65 687.67 676.89 -1.6 2.8
Public administration 1,040.74 1,085.27 1,082.36 -0.3 4.0
Provinces and territories          
Newfoundland and Labrador 786.96 810.24 823.79 1.7 4.7
Prince Edward Island 665.00 703.26 692.89 -1.5 4.2
Nova Scotia 720.53 725.88 733.10 1.0 1.7
New Brunswick 736.99 755.11 751.11 -0.5 1.9
Quebec 748.56 761.72 764.37 0.3 2.1
Ontario 847.51 852.66 856.57 0.5 1.1
Manitoba 755.06 784.98 783.65 -0.2 3.8
Saskatchewan 805.02 813.13 816.31 0.4 1.4
Alberta 954.05 949.74 967.00 1.8 1.4
British Columbia 796.22 802.90 798.86 -0.5 0.3
Yukon 861.20 903.81 891.85 -1.3 3.6
Northwest Territories¹ 1,116.64 1,151.73 1,168.35 1.4 4.6
Nunavut¹ 904.19 867.73 888.45 2.4 -1.7
revised
preliminary
Data not seasonally adjusted.