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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) January 2009 December 2009r January 2010p December 2009 to January 2010 January 2009 to January 2010
  Seasonally adjusted
  current dollars % change
Industrial aggregate 817.25 834.37 834.47 0.0 2.1
Forestry, logging and support 871.26 895.56 875.35 -2.3 0.5
Mining and quarrying, and oil and gas extraction 1,596.15 1,590.38 1,682.05 5.8 5.4
Utilities 1,472.79 1,494.77 1,566.29 4.8 6.3
Construction 1,051.60 1,039.99 1,047.16 0.7 -0.4
Manufacturing 921.32 927.35 945.55 2.0 2.6
Wholesale trade 977.06 1,020.05 1,023.33 0.3 4.7
Retail trade 486.64 495.66 479.42 -3.3 -1.5
Transportation and warehousing 900.60 852.29 840.34 -1.4 -6.7
Information and cultural industries 1,078.69 1,040.24 1,030.34 -1.0 -4.5
Finance and insurance 1,027.15 1,042.97 1,059.45 1.6 3.1
Real estate and rental and leasing 784.03 816.44 821.54 0.6 4.8
Professional, scientific and technical services 1,125.97 1,163.17 1,170.17 0.6 3.9
Management of companies and enterprises 1,087.64 1,154.32 1,172.17 1.5 7.8
Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services 688.54 686.31 666.89 -2.8 -3.1
Educational services 871.57 906.65 917.82 1.2 5.3
Health care and social assistance 745.16 784.24 775.86 -1.1 4.1
Arts, entertainment and recreation 506.76 518.12 530.67 2.4 4.7
Accommodation and food services 330.88 343.06 344.05 0.3 4.0
Other services (excluding public administration) 668.37 719.02 686.52 -4.5 2.7
Public administration 1,027.64 1,087.03 1,074.80 -1.1 4.6
Provinces and territories          
Newfoundland and Labrador 774.16 818.77 815.19 -0.4 5.3
Prince Edward Island 679.33 682.87 678.21 -0.7 -0.2
Nova Scotia 724.16 741.07 741.91 0.1 2.5
New Brunswick 737.57 755.58 760.63 0.7 3.1
Quebec 741.96 768.54 757.18 -1.5 2.1
Ontario 842.84 863.33 863.07 0.0 2.4
Manitoba 764.11 770.91 770.53 0.0 0.8
Saskatchewan 795.49 825.17 828.24 0.4 4.1
Alberta 947.89 949.32 965.09 1.7 1.8
British Columbia 792.02 807.70 807.10 -0.1 1.9
Yukon 855.40 896.62 903.46 0.8 5.6
Northwest Territories¹ 1,156.39 1,152.86 1,140.18 -1.1 -1.4
Nunavut¹ 815.43 875.10 825.72 -5.6 1.3
revised
preliminary
Data not seasonally adjusted.