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Table 3 Hourly earnings by industry (2002 $)

  Earnings Jobs paying
Mean Median Less than $10.00 $10.00 to $14.99 $15.00 to $19.99 $20.00 to $24.99 $25.00 or more
$ %
Industry
Primary industries and construction
1997 20.20 19.82 15.5 17.2 18.4 21.3 27.6
2007 22.01 20.46 13.2 16.2 19.1 17.8 33.7
Manufacturing
1997 18.17 16.70 14.6 25.7 23.6 19.2 16.9
2007 18.99 17.02 12.7 26.4 24.7 15.1 21.1
Highly skilled services
1997 18.41 16.66 14.5 27.2 23.8 15.9 18.5
2007 19.94 17.51 12.5 25.1 23.7 14.8 23.9
Low-skilled services
1997 11.97 9.91 50.9 27.0 11.8 6.3 4.0
2007 12.43 10.21 48.8 28.4 12.6 5.0 5.2
Wholesale trade and other services
1997 17.24 15.78 19.4 26.9 22.3 15.0 16.5
2007 18.91 17.18 14.6 24.7 23.1 15.6 22.1
Public services
1997 20.66 19.19 7.9 19.6 26.4 18.6 27.5
2007 21.56 19.63 7.5 18.4 26.1 16.2 31.8
Computer and telecommunications sector
1997 21.70 20.11 7.8 19.0 22.1 20.1 31.0
2007 24.37 22.46 5.6 16.4 18.8 17.2 41.9
Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey, January to November, 1997 and 2007.