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) December 2009 November 2010r December 2010p November to December 2010 December 2009 to December 2010
  Seasonally adjusted
  current dollars % change
Industrial aggregate 834.37 865.30 872.12 0.8 4.5
Forestry, logging and support 895.56 979.83 972.15 -0.8 8.6
Mining and quarrying, and oil and gas extraction 1,590.38 1,725.24 1,678.48 -2.7 5.5
Utilities 1,494.77 1,575.70 1,571.02 -0.3 5.1
Construction 1,039.99 1,083.14 1,090.46 0.7 4.9
Manufacturing 927.35 972.04 985.03 1.3 6.2
Wholesale trade 1,020.05 1,042.46 1,057.06 1.4 3.6
Retail trade 495.66 502.93 510.56 1.5 3.0
Transportation and warehousing 852.29 909.03 911.17 0.2 6.9
Information and cultural industries 1,040.24 1,110.77 1,095.98 -1.3 5.4
Finance and insurance 1,042.97 1,078.94 1,105.34 2.4 6.0
Real estate and rental and leasing 816.44 839.71 856.92 2.0 5.0
Professional, scientific and technical services 1,163.17 1,191.39 1,262.38 6.0 8.5
Management of companies and enterprises 1,154.32 1,126.50 1,109.74 -1.5 -3.9
Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services 686.31 700.02 728.40 4.1 6.1
Educational services 906.65 939.08 928.07 -1.2 2.4
Health care and social assistance 784.24 800.90 809.21 1.0 3.2
Arts, entertainment and recreation 518.12 568.31 574.35 1.1 10.9
Accommodation and food services 343.06 354.09 359.07 1.4 4.7
Other services (excluding public administration) 719.02 700.08 734.84 5.0 2.2
Public administration 1,087.03 1,112.63 1,099.34 -1.2 1.1
Provinces and territories          
Newfoundland and Labrador 818.77 848.53 863.10 1.7 5.4
Prince Edward Island 682.87 728.45 738.86 1.4 8.2
Nova Scotia 741.07 767.16 781.60 1.9 5.5
New Brunswick 755.58 767.43 778.16 1.4 3.0
Quebec 768.54 795.37 809.98 1.8 5.4
Ontario 863.33 893.70 901.56 0.9 4.4
Manitoba 770.91 797.32 804.20 0.9 4.3
Saskatchewan 825.17 860.63 859.44 -0.1 4.2
Alberta 949.32 1,013.64 1,000.85 -1.3 5.4
British Columbia 807.70 827.20 834.21 0.8 3.3
Yukon 896.62 918.67 940.67 2.4 4.9
Northwest Territories¹ 1,152.86 1,235.68 946.18 -23.4 -17.9
Nunavut¹ 875.10 893.97 882.60 -1.3 0.9
revised
preliminary
1.
Data not seasonally adjusted.