Table 5-11
Estimates of employment, average hourly earnings and average weekly hours for employees paid by the hour, by industry — British Columbia

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Table summary
This table displays the results of british columbia. The information is grouped by industry - naics (appearing as row headers), employment, average hourly earnings, average weekly hours (including overtime), including overtime, excluding overtime and oct.  2011, calculated using oct.  2011, sept.  2012, oct.  2012, in thousands, current dollars and hours units of measure (appearing as column headers).

Industry - NAICS Employment Average hourly earnings Average weekly hours (including overtime)
including overtime excluding overtime
Oct.  2011 Sept.  2012Note r: revised Oct.  2012Note p: preliminary Oct.  2011 Sept.  2012Note r: revised Oct.  2012Note p: preliminary Oct.  2011 Sept.  2012Note r: revised Oct.  2012Note p: preliminary Oct.  2011 Sept.  2012Note r: revised Oct.  2012Note p: preliminary
  in thousands current dollars hours
Industrial aggregate excluding
unclassified businesses - 11-91N
1,099.3A 1,148.2A 1,125.1A 21.86A 22.38A 22.54A 21.32A 21.72A 21.93A 29.7A 29.9A 30.2A
Goods producing industries
- 11-33N
223.7A 228.1A 222.2A 26.37A 27.16A 27.32A 25.21A 25.66A 25.77A 37.3A 37.2A 37.7A
Forestry, logging and support
- 11N
12.7C 11.6B 11.4B 25.47B 26.58A 28.93A 24.53B 24.50A 27.56A 43.9B 41.1A 43.5A
Forestry and logging - 113 10.2D 9.6B 9.2B 26.10B 26.82A 29.20A 25.12B 24.50A 27.58A 46.1B 41.9A 45.8A
Support activities for forestry
- 1153
2.5C 2.1D 2.2C 22.12B 25.34B 27.45B 21.47B 24.48B 27.41B 34.9B 37.8B 33.9B
Mining, quarrying, and oil
and gas extraction - 21
11.6B 13.3B 13.3B 35.12A 36.61A 37.83A 32.50A 34.09A 33.79A 42.1A 41.5A 40.6A
Oil and gas extraction - 211,2111 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
Mining and quarrying (except
oil and gas) - 212
6.4B 8.0C 8.8B 34.63B 34.37B 35.24A 31.69B 32.30B 30.73A 42.1A 41.6A 40.6A
Support activities for mining
and oil and gas extraction - 213,2131
4.9C 5.0C 4.0C 35.35B 39.50A 42.91A 33.18B 36.78A 40.13B 42.2A 41.2A 40.6A
Utilities - 22,221 4.2B 5.3B 4.7B 36.07A 39.44A 38.88A 34.42A 37.22A 36.29A 37.8A 36.3A 40.0A
Construction - 23 95.8A 97.3A 95.4A 27.68A 28.44A 28.42A 26.43A 26.82A 26.82A 36.6A 37.0A 37.3A
Construction of buildings - 236 23.9A 24.4A 23.0B 27.22A 25.87A 27.06A 26.21A 24.50A 25.58A 34.3A 36.9A 36.1A
Heavy and civil engineering construction
- 237
16.2A 16.7B 16.5B 31.14A 34.39A 34.71A 29.07A 31.19A 31.26A 42.4A 42.3A 41.4A
Specialty trade contractors - 238 55.7A 56.2A 55.9A 26.67A 27.49A 26.87A 25.70A 26.50A 26.03A 35.8A 35.6A 36.6A
Manufacturing - 31-33 99.4A 100.6A 97.5A 23.65A 23.90A 23.83A 22.87A 22.90A 22.89A 36.5A 36.4A 36.9A
Non-durable goods - 311N 39.5A 41.7A 39.1A 20.81A 21.50A 21.23A 20.04A 20.52A 20.45A 36.2A 35.1A 35.2A
Food manufacturing - 311 20.3A 19.6B 19.7B 17.61A 18.13A 18.16A 17.16A 17.50A 17.73A 34.6A 32.4A 32.9A
Beverage and tobacco product
manufacturing - 312
Note F: too unreliable to be published 3.5C 3.3D Note F: too unreliable to be published 18.83B 19.59A Note F: too unreliable to be published 18.74B 19.21A Note F: too unreliable to be published 34.2B 33.6B
Clothing manufacturing - 315 1.1C Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 15.57B Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 15.57B Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 28.9A Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
Paper manufacturing - 322 Note F: too unreliable to be published 6.1A 6.2A Note F: too unreliable to be published 30.88A 31.85A Note F: too unreliable to be published 28.74A 29.99A Note F: too unreliable to be published 43.0A 42.6A
Printing and related support
activities - 323,3231
2.4C 2.9B 2.6C 22.25B 20.70A 18.83A 22.17B 20.58A 18.72A 35.8A 30.5B 32.4A
Plastics and rubber products
manufacturing - 326
4.4A 4.5B 4.7B 18.70B 18.77A 19.10A 18.13B 18.32A 18.64A 37.3A 39.0A 37.9A
Durable goods - 321N 59.9A 58.9A 58.3A 25.49A 25.50A 25.45A 24.69A 24.49A 24.40A 36.7A 37.2A 38.0A
Wood product manufacturing - 321 19.6A 19.3A 19.1A 24.62A 26.11A 27.40A 24.14A 25.34A 26.58A 37.0A 37.7A 38.4A
Non-metallic mineral product
manufacturing - 327
4.5B 4.3B 4.1B 27.50B 25.33B 23.54A 26.37A 24.34B 22.98B 38.1A 40.1A 38.0B
Primary metal manufacturing - 331 4.4A 3.6A 3.6A 34.54A 33.91A 35.13A 31.56A 31.01A 31.44A 41.6A 43.3A 44.5A
Fabricated metal product manufacturing
- 332
8.4A 8.8A 8.4A 27.63B 25.24A 23.82A 26.46B 24.64A 23.08A 34.7A 33.8A 36.6A
Machinery manufacturing - 333 Note F: too unreliable to be published 5.1D 4.3D Note F: too unreliable to be published 29.32B 25.60B Note F: too unreliable to be published 27.31B 23.58B Note F: too unreliable to be published 34.9B 36.3A
Transportation equipment manufacturing
- 336
5.0A 5.5B 5.5B 21.93A 26.06A 24.60A 21.25A 25.21A 23.46A 39.0A 37.8A 38.5A
Furniture and related product
manufacturing - 337
4.7A 4.2C 4.3C 19.19B 18.50A 20.57B 18.98B 18.26A 20.52B 35.2A 37.1A 36.7A
Service producing industries
- 41-91N
875.6A 920.1A 902.9A 20.32A 20.81A 20.97A 20.04A 20.49A 20.74A 27.8A 28.0A 28.4A
Trade - 41-45N 238.3A 238.9A 232.0A 17.05A 17.25A 16.86A 16.88A 16.99A 16.69A 28.6A 28.1A 29.0A
Wholesale trade - 41 43.5A 41.1B 34.9B 20.66A 22.13A 22.29A 20.15A 21.36A 21.82A 35.4A 35.0A 35.5A
Farm product wholesaler-distributors
- 411,4111
Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
Personal and household goods
wholesaler-distributors - 414
4.0C 3.2C 3.1C 16.83B 17.25B 16.92A 16.77B 17.09B 16.84A 33.8A 28.7B 29.6B
Motor vehicle and parts wholesaler-distributors
- 415
Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
Building material and supplies
wholesaler-distributors - 416
6.7C 8.5C 7.2C 20.34A 21.48B 23.89B 19.83A 21.43B 23.48B 37.9A 37.9A 36.8A
Machinery, equipment and supplies
wholesaler-distributors - 417
7.5D 7.1D 4.8D 27.56B 30.72B 27.32B 26.49B 29.44B 26.36B 35.5B 37.3A 37.8B
Miscellaneous wholesaler-distributors
- 418
5.1C 6.8C Note F: too unreliable to be published 17.88A 19.92C Note F: too unreliable to be published 17.67A 18.89C Note F: too unreliable to be published 33.8A 33.0A Note F: too unreliable to be published
Wholesale electronic markets,
and agents and brokers - 419,4191
1.4D Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 18.01A Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 18.01A Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 32.4C Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
Retail trade - 44-45 194.8A 197.8A 197.2A 16.00A 15.92A 15.64A 15.96A 15.85A 15.56A 27.1A 26.7A 27.9A
Motor vehicle and parts dealers
- 441
12.2B 12.8B 13.4B 20.08A 19.09A 19.86A 20.06A 19.02A 19.77A 33.2A 35.1A 36.9A
Furniture and home furnishings
stores - 442
5.2B 5.4B 4.7D 15.23B 17.76B 18.32B 15.17B 17.49B 18.25B 29.1A 26.4B 27.1B
Building material and garden
equipment and supplies dealers - 444
11.8B 13.6B 12.2A 17.55B 17.46A 16.24A 17.40B 17.26A 16.09A 30.0B 32.6A 32.0A
Food and beverage stores - 445 67.2A 66.6A 67.7A 15.33A 15.50B 14.77A 15.29A 15.45B 14.66A 27.9A 27.1A 28.1A
Gasoline stations - 447,4471 8.6A 9.1B 9.0A 14.30B 14.20B 14.11A 14.28B 14.11B 14.02B 27.6B 29.2A 30.7A
Sporting goods, hobby, book and
music stores - 451
9.0B 9.7A 9.7A 13.66A 14.60B 15.33B 13.62A 14.57B 15.26B 21.2B 21.0C 22.9B
General merchandise stores - 452 24.5A 23.5A 23.8A 13.07A 13.54A 13.53A 13.04A 13.49A 13.46A 26.6A 25.6A 26.4A
Miscellaneous store retailers
- 453
10.9A 11.1A 10.6B 14.87A 14.22A 13.56A 14.76A 14.21A 13.49A 25.9A 28.8A 28.2A
Non-store retailers - 454 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
Transportation and warehousing
- 48-49
44.6B 58.3B 51.3B 24.64A 22.87A 22.31A 24.05A 22.17A 21.76A 34.6A 37.0A 36.4A
Air transportation - 481 2.8C 4.3C 4.3B 24.90B 26.32A 23.53B 24.82B 25.72A 23.26B 27.4A 31.4A 31.0A
Rail transportation - 482,4821 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
Truck transportation - 484 7.1D 11.1C 11.8C 25.33B 25.36A 24.11A 23.56B 23.66A 23.13A 38.4B 35.8A 33.9B
Transit and ground passenger
transportation - 485
10.7C Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 25.69A Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 25.47A Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 35.2B Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
Support activities for transportation
- 488
7.9C 9.9C 7.7D 24.67A 25.04A 24.00B 24.26A 24.73A 23.59B 36.3A 35.4B 36.9A
Warehousing and storage - 493,4931 5.1B 5.7B 4.7C 17.64A 20.92B 18.60B 17.17A 19.99B 17.72B 36.0A 35.0A 35.7B
Information and cultural industries
- 51
14.2B 10.5D 9.0C 21.34A 28.91B 27.33A 21.09A 28.60B 27.03A 31.2A 31.0A 29.9B
Broadcasting (except Internet)
- 515
Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
Telecommunications - 517 2.9D Note F: too unreliable to be published 2.3D 28.42B 29.91C 25.63A 28.15B 29.55C 25.12A 35.6B 39.6B 36.9A
Data processing, hosting, and
related services - 518,5182
0.7D Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 25.18D 16.43B Note F: too unreliable to be published 23.71D 16.36B Note F: too unreliable to be published 31.8A 34.1Note E: Use with caution Note F: too unreliable to be published
Other information services - 519,5191 2.0C Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 20.41B Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 20.41B Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 18.6A Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
Finance and insurance - 52 22.0B 23.2C 23.4C 23.22A 24.77A 25.12A 22.96A 24.34A 24.88A 27.8A 31.4A 31.4A
Credit intermediation and related
activities - 522
13.0D 11.4C 10.8D 20.62B 22.55A 22.08A 20.58B 22.51A 22.04A 27.0A 29.1A 28.5A
Insurance carriers and related
activities - 524
5.8C 8.8D 9.6D 30.98B 28.18A 28.84B 30.46B 27.43A 28.53B 30.2B 33.7A 32.9A
Real estate and rental and
leasing - 53
13.5C 18.2D 16.3Note E: Use with caution 22.25B 21.98B 22.65B 21.94B 21.83B 22.31B 27.7B 29.9A 30.9A
Real estate - 531 7.4D Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 23.36C 23.50C 24.15B 23.17C 23.47C 23.97B 28.0B 29.8A 30.0A
Rental and leasing services - 532 5.5C 6.1B 6.2A 21.38A 19.55A 20.84A 20.84A 19.10A 20.18A 27.8B 31.3A 32.8A
Professional, scientific and
technical services - 54,541
34.3B 28.3C 27.6C 28.18A 25.44A 26.54A 27.24A 24.70A 25.76A 33.3A 31.3A 32.8A
Administrative and support,
waste management and remediation services - 56
55.2A 60.6A 60.8A 19.08A 21.47A 21.74A 18.84A 20.71A 21.45A 30.2A 30.1A 31.1A
Administrative and support services
- 561
54.2A 59.1A 56.8A 18.87A 21.28A 21.45A 18.68A 20.50A 21.26A 30.0A 29.9A 30.2A
Waste management and remediation
services - 562
Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
Educational services - 61,611 7.5B 7.1B 7.9B 17.94B 17.58C 20.40B 17.93B 17.58C 20.40B 18.7C 19.0C 18.0B
Education special - 611N 58.5A 67.3B 69.9B 24.45A 23.00A 21.58A 24.33A 22.89A 21.50A 29.6A 31.7A 32.6A
Health care and social assistance
- 62
178.5A 189.5A 188.0A 25.75A 25.98A 25.47A 25.60A 25.79A 25.31A 28.2A 28.6A 29.0A
Ambulatory health care services
- 621
43.9A 45.7A 44.6A 25.02A 23.94A 23.13A 24.98A 23.84A 23.06A 25.8A 26.7A 28.7A
Hospitals - 622 72.5A 78.9A 78.7A 29.71A 30.50A 30.11A 29.50A 30.23A 29.91A 31.1A 31.1A 30.1A
Nursing and residential care
facilities - 623
38.0B 39.8A 39.8A 21.59A 22.06A 22.40A 21.51A 21.94A 22.21A 27.3A 28.1A 28.4A
Social assistance - 624 24.1B 25.0B 24.9B 19.53A 19.28A 18.69B 19.50A 19.25A 18.63B 25.5A 25.1B 26.9B
Arts, entertainment and recreation
- 71
24.5A 26.6A 23.6A 16.07A 16.02A 16.51A 16.02A 15.94A 16.44A 22.3A 21.7A 21.9A
Performing arts, spectator sports
and related industries - 711
2.4D 2.5C 2.3C 16.36B 18.12B 20.97B 16.33B 17.84B 20.81C 23.1D 15.3Note E: Use with caution 22.8C
Amusement, gambling and recreation
industries - 713
20.9A 22.1A 19.5A 15.46A 15.69A 16.04A 15.41A 15.62A 15.98A 22.3B 22.3A 21.7A
Accommodation and food services
- 72
158.2A 167.5A 164.8A 13.00A 13.88A 13.84A 12.96A 13.79A 13.77A 21.8A 22.6A 22.3A
Accommodation services - 721 Note F: too unreliable to be published 32.5A Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 16.02A Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 15.93A Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 27.1A Note F: too unreliable to be published
Food services and drinking places
- 722
130.3A 134.9A 134.8A 12.22A 13.23A 12.94A 12.20A 13.14A 12.88A 21.0A 21.6A 21.7A
Other services (except public
administration) - 81
40.3B 42.5B 42.7A 19.46A 21.48A 22.18A 18.67A 21.01A 21.78A 28.5A 28.1A 27.8A
Repair and maintenance - 811 16.0B 14.9B 15.1B 22.92A 25.72A 25.56B 21.56A 24.86A 24.87B 35.6A 34.5A 34.9A
Personal and laundry services
- 812
11.1C 12.0C 12.0C 12.85B 15.31B 16.39A 12.85B 15.30B 16.36A 27.7B 26.5B 26.7A
Grant-making, civic, and professional
and similar organizations excluding religion - 813
13.2C 15.6B 15.6B 19.71B 20.88B 22.38B 19.60B 20.77B 22.24B 20.4C 23.2B 21.9B
Public administration - 91 38.6B 43.4B 50.8B 26.28A 27.41B 30.85A 25.97A 27.25B 30.68A 31.3A 30.0A 30.9A
Local, municipal and regional
public administration - 913
32.7B 36.7B 42.6B 27.16A 28.49B 32.34B 26.83A 28.31B 32.15B 32.4A 30.4A 31.4A
Note(s):
Refer to survey overview