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Table 7Average usual hours and wages of employees by selected characteristics, Canada, unadjusted for seasonality
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| Employees | Full-time | Part-time | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Average weekly hours | Average weekly wages | Average hourly wages | Number | Average weekly hours | Average weekly wages | Number | Average weekly hours | Average weekly wages | |
| thousands | dollars | thousands | dollars | thousands | dollars | |||||
| July 2008 | ||||||||||
| 15 years and over | 14,784.6 | 36.3 | 781.55 | 21.00 | 12,541.2 | 39.4 | 870.79 | 2,243.5 | 18.6 | 282.74 |
| 15 to 24 years | 2,883.2 | 31.9 | 410.95 | 12.33 | 1,945.6 | 38.7 | 521.42 | 937.6 | 17.7 | 181.68 |
| 25 years and over | 11,901.5 | 37.3 | 871.33 | 23.11 | 10,595.6 | 39.6 | 934.94 | 1,305.9 | 19.2 | 355.29 |
| Men | 7,538.5 | 38.7 | 896.53 | 22.80 | 6,873.6 | 40.7 | 958.10 | 664.9 | 18.0 | 259.92 |
| Women | 7,246.2 | 33.7 | 661.94 | 19.14 | 5,667.5 | 37.9 | 764.88 | 1,578.6 | 18.8 | 292.35 |
| Union coverage | ||||||||||
| Union coverage | 4,490.9 | 36.5 | 890.80 | 24.22 | 3,962.2 | 38.7 | 954.02 | 528.7 | 20.1 | 416.94 |
| No union coverage | 10,293.7 | 36.1 | 733.89 | 19.60 | 8,578.9 | 39.8 | 832.34 | 1,714.8 | 18.1 | 241.36 |
| Job permanency | ||||||||||
| Permanent | 12,631.8 | 36.8 | 826.93 | 21.98 | 11,006.1 | 39.4 | 904.52 | 1,625.7 | 19.1 | 301.61 |
| Temporary | 2,152.8 | 33.1 | 515.32 | 15.27 | 1,535.0 | 39.5 | 628.91 | 617.8 | 17.1 | 233.07 |
| Occupation | ||||||||||
| Management | 1,094.4 | 39.8 | 1,329.21 | 33.32 | 1,059.7 | 40.5 | 1,356.50 | 34.7 | 20.5 | 496.08 |
| Business, finance and administrative | 2,906.9 | 35.7 | 725.88 | 20.04 | 2,537.8 | 38.2 | 788.18 | 369.2 | 18.5 | 297.61 |
| Natural and applied sciences | 1,073.9 | 38.5 | 1,127.22 | 29.31 | 1,040.1 | 39.2 | 1,146.53 | 33.7 | 19.8 | 532.02 |
| Health | 931.3 | 33.7 | 838.41 | 25.10 | 720.0 | 37.6 | 933.37 | 211.3 | 20.3 | 514.86 |
| Social science, education, government service and religion | 1,174.7 | 35.4 | 971.88 | 27.27 | 1,005.8 | 38.4 | 1,058.23 | 168.9 | 17.9 | 457.62 |
| Art, culture, recreation and sport | 368.5 | 34.7 | 671.56 | 19.29 | 297.1 | 39.1 | 770.98 | 71.4 | 16.2 | 258.12 |
| Sales and service | 3,735.8 | 32.1 | 481.81 | 14.22 | 2,543.9 | 38.4 | 611.61 | 1,191.9 | 18.5 | 204.78 |
| Trades, transport and equipment operators | 2,253.9 | 40.8 | 850.18 | 20.73 | 2,164.1 | 41.7 | 873.66 | 89.8 | 19.1 | 284.38 |
| Occupations unique to primary industry | 374.8 | 41.7 | 724.05 | 16.84 | 337.5 | 44.6 | 786.42 | 37.3 | 14.6 | 160.00 |
| Occupations unique to processing, manufacturing and utilities | 870.5 | 39.3 | 714.87 | 18.02 | 835.3 | 40.2 | 734.02 | 35.2 | 19.5 | 260.55 |
| July 2007 | ||||||||||
| 15 years and over | 14,555.2 | 36.4 | 754.33 | 20.20 | 12,393.6 | 39.5 | 837.31 | 2,161.7 | 18.8 | 278.60 |
| 15 to 24 years | 2,883.1 | 32.1 | 393.45 | 11.74 | 1,990.8 | 38.5 | 492.69 | 892.3 | 17.8 | 172.03 |
| 25 years and over | 11,672.1 | 37.5 | 843.47 | 22.29 | 10,402.8 | 39.7 | 903.26 | 1,269.4 | 19.5 | 353.51 |
| Men | 7,460.4 | 38.8 | 864.32 | 21.93 | 6,831.7 | 40.7 | 920.89 | 628.7 | 18.0 | 249.62 |
| Women | 7,094.8 | 33.9 | 638.68 | 18.39 | 5,561.9 | 38.0 | 734.65 | 1,533.0 | 19.1 | 290.48 |
| Union coverage | ||||||||||
| Union coverage | 4,402.9 | 36.6 | 868.28 | 23.49 | 3,903.9 | 38.7 | 926.87 | 499.0 | 20.2 | 409.86 |
| No union coverage | 10,152.4 | 36.3 | 704.92 | 18.77 | 8,489.7 | 39.8 | 796.12 | 1,662.7 | 18.3 | 239.20 |
| Job permanency | ||||||||||
| Permanent | 12,291.9 | 37.0 | 799.77 | 21.17 | 10,784.2 | 39.5 | 868.99 | 1,507.7 | 19.5 | 304.67 |
| Temporary | 2,263.4 | 32.9 | 507.55 | 14.94 | 1,609.4 | 39.4 | 625.01 | 654.0 | 17.0 | 218.49 |
| Occupation | ||||||||||
| Management | 993.6 | 40.3 | 1,289.49 | 32.16 | 968.5 | 40.8 | 1,309.25 | 25.1 | 19.6 | 528.00 |
| Business, finance and administrative | 2,777.1 | 35.6 | 699.81 | 19.33 | 2,412.9 | 38.2 | 761.21 | 364.1 | 18.4 | 292.93 |
| Natural and applied sciences | 1,107.8 | 38.7 | 1,091.94 | 28.34 | 1,078.3 | 39.2 | 1,107.38 | 29.5 | 19.6 | 528.70 |
| Health | 868.9 | 33.7 | 817.67 | 24.27 | 664.1 | 37.6 | 908.25 | 204.7 | 21.2 | 523.86 |
| Social science, education, government service and religion | 1,154.8 | 35.3 | 924.30 | 26.07 | 982.2 | 38.3 | 1,008.09 | 172.6 | 18.5 | 447.50 |
| Art, culture, recreation and sport | 381.7 | 34.3 | 661.21 | 19.09 | 307.0 | 38.5 | 753.42 | 74.7 | 17.0 | 282.26 |
| Sales and service | 3,757.4 | 32.6 | 469.02 | 13.63 | 2,619.0 | 38.6 | 587.30 | 1,138.4 | 18.6 | 196.89 |
| Trades, transport and equipment operators | 2,173.5 | 40.8 | 836.84 | 20.42 | 2,084.0 | 41.7 | 861.24 | 89.5 | 18.9 | 268.74 |
| Occupations unique to primary industry | 362.7 | 41.6 | 700.44 | 16.22 | 327.4 | 44.2 | 754.42 | 35.3 | 17.6 | 199.85 |
| Occupations unique to processing, manufacturing and utilities | 977.7 | 39.6 | 695.12 | 17.41 | 950.0 | 40.2 | 709.17 | 27.6 | 18.8 | 211.87 |
Note(s):
Related CANSIM tables 282-0023, 282-0069, 282-0073
