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Table 1 Average weekly earnings (including overtime) for all employees

Average weekly earnings (including overtime) for all employees
Industry group (North American Industry Classification System) December 2008 November 2009r December 2009p November to December 2009 December 2008 to December 2009
  Seasonally adjusted
  current dollars % change
Industrial aggregate 814.51 829.49 837.08 0.9 2.8
Forestry, logging and support 875.43 897.88 907.17 1.0 3.6
Mining and quarrying, and oil and gas extraction 1,553.59 1,578.12 1,646.10 4.3 6.0
Utilities 1,439.20 1,526.45 1,532.36 0.4 6.5
Construction 1,044.83 1,052.06 1,037.59 -1.4 -0.7
Manufacturing 914.41 931.76 938.75 0.8 2.7
Wholesale trade 978.77 991.13 1,020.51 3.0 4.3
Retail trade 480.58 490.84 498.69 1.6 3.8
Transportation and warehousing 895.15 852.58 852.35 0.0 -4.8
Information and cultural industries 1,058.56 1,064.74 1,062.81 -0.2 0.4
Finance and insurance 997.07 1,029.39 1,045.95 1.6 4.9
Real estate and rental and leasing 808.16 794.88 814.26 2.4 0.8
Professional, scientific and technical services 1,122.23 1,139.14 1,161.94 2.0 3.5
Management of companies and enterprises 1,062.10 1,228.49 1,193.63 -2.8 12.4
Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services 670.17 682.29 696.64 2.1 3.9
Educational services 867.64 889.05 896.66 0.9 3.3
Health care and social assistance 752.21 783.01 794.17 1.4 5.6
Arts, entertainment and recreation 510.75 513.31 513.24 0.0 0.5
Accommodation and food services 330.28 337.61 346.12 2.5 4.8
Other services (excluding public administration) 666.85 681.42 709.15 4.1 6.3
Public administration 1,053.24 1,084.30 1,093.75 0.9 3.8
Provinces and territories          
Newfoundland and Labrador 779.44 820.21 823.36 0.4 5.6
Prince Edward Island 668.39 690.16 689.98 0.0 3.2
Nova Scotia 725.06 730.57 740.64 1.4 2.1
New Brunswick 732.96 752.31 755.50 0.4 3.1
Quebec 748.54 762.33 771.78 1.2 3.1
Ontario 836.62 856.66 869.55 1.5 3.9
Manitoba 762.85 777.54 775.40 -0.3 1.6
Saskatchewan 793.86 817.19 832.56 1.9 4.9
Alberta 947.61 962.54 959.40 -0.3 1.2
British Columbia 789.99 799.04 810.07 1.4 2.5
Yukon 855.12 893.64 909.21 1.7 6.3
Northwest Territories¹ 1,100.30 1,158.08 1,171.64 1.2 6.5
Nunavut¹ 876.96 884.26 883.78 -0.1 0.8
revised
preliminary
Data not seasonally adjusted.