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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) May 2009 April 2010r May 2010p April to May 2010 May 2009 to May 2010
  Seasonally adjusted
  current dollars % change
Industrial aggregate 818.18 845.17 848.45 0.4 3.7
Forestry, logging and support 815.81 1,013.19 980.07 -3.3 20.1
Mining and quarrying, and oil and gas extraction 1,614.38 1,721.88 1,689.35 -1.9 4.6
Utilities 1,482.94 1,574.74 1,572.62 -0.1 6.0
Construction 1,044.94 1,067.13 1,066.86 0.0 2.1
Manufacturing 901.32 927.13 948.93 2.4 5.3
Wholesale trade 971.26 1,027.09 1,023.93 -0.3 5.4
Retail trade 491.73 502.59 496.78 -1.2 1.0
Transportation and warehousing 881.43 874.86 874.32 -0.1 -0.8
Information and cultural industries 1,126.14 1,042.57 1,067.09 2.4 -5.2
Finance and insurance 1,043.94 1,027.56 1,022.74 -0.5 -2.0
Real estate and rental and leasing 745.80 830.80 823.82 -0.8 10.5
Professional, scientific and technical services 1,122.67 1,157.88 1,171.22 1.2 4.3
Management of companies and enterprises 1,090.62 1,235.39 1,180.68 -4.4 8.3
Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services 645.34 709.40 715.74 0.9 10.9
Educational services 844.47 928.35 931.43 0.3 10.3
Health care and social assistance 781.32 763.25 774.87 1.5 -0.8
Arts, entertainment and recreation 511.93 550.25 541.92 -1.5 5.9
Accommodation and food services 335.85 346.06 357.59 3.3 6.5
Other services (excluding public administration) 684.86 714.89 694.99 -2.8 1.5
Public administration 1,060.62 1,097.39 1,089.30 -0.7 2.7
Provinces and territories          
Newfoundland and Labrador 803.59 834.17 827.29 -0.8 2.9
Prince Edward Island 686.07 721.08 726.65 0.8 5.9
Nova Scotia 727.91 750.52 757.97 1.0 4.1
New Brunswick 739.76 761.88 757.07 -0.6 2.3
Quebec 751.26 773.71 779.70 0.8 3.8
Ontario 843.70 871.81 874.66 0.3 3.7
Manitoba 765.10 782.76 787.33 0.6 2.9
Saskatchewan 802.67 842.35 843.11 0.1 5.0
Alberta 943.73 993.17 985.17 -0.8 4.4
British Columbia 798.10 816.21 821.66 0.7 3.0
Yukon 890.78 911.63 912.30 0.1 2.4
Northwest Territories¹ 1,141.47 1,189.34 1,194.83 0.5 4.7
Nunavut¹ 879.88 843.05 811.28 -3.8 -7.8
revised
preliminary
Data not seasonally adjusted.