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Table 5
Hourly earnings in selected occupations in the private sector
Mean | Median | Jobs in private sector in 2006/2007 | |||||
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1997/1998 | 2006/2007 | Change | 1997/1998 | 2006/2007 | Change | ||
2002 $ | % | 2002 $ | % | % | |||
Occupation | |||||||
Specialist managers | 25.09 | 30.89 | 23.1 | 23.02 | 29.03 | 26.1 | 2.8 |
Other managers | 21.74 | 25.59 | 17.7 | 19.11 | 22.81 | 19.3 | 5.3 |
Professional occupations in business and finance | 21.88 | 25.74 | 17.6 | 19.87 | 23.14 | 16.5 | 3.0 |
Computer and information systems professionals | 24.32 | 27.78 | 14.3 | 23.23 | 26.95 | 16.0 | 2.2 |
Engineers | 27.63 | 30.09 | 8.9 | 26.43 | 28.52 | 7.9 | 1.5 |
Technical related to natural and applied sciences | 20.17 | 21.42 | 6.2 | 19.00 | 19.52 | 2.7 | 3.6 |
Clerical | 14.27 | 14.22 | -0.3 | 13.25 | 13.48 | 1.7 | 10.6 |
Assemblers and machine operators in manufacturing and labourers in processing,manufacturing and utilities | 15.06 | 15.15 | 0.6 | 13.92 | 13.79 | -1.0 | 8.3 |
Supervisors in manufacturing | 20.94 | 20.66 | -1.3 | 20.35 | 19.81 | -2.6 | 1.0 |
Construction trades | 18.05 | 18.45 | 2.2 | 17.03 | 17.50 | 2.8 | 2.6 |
Cashiers, retail salespersons and sales clerks | 10.67 | 10.34 | -3.0 | 8.83 | 8.74 | -1.0 | 6.5 |
Food and beverage service | 9.88 | 10.69 | 8.2 | 8.81 | 9.20 | 4.4 | 2.1 |
Other sales and service | 12.39 | 12.82 | 3.5 | 10.43 | 10.83 | 3.8 | 17.0 |
Other | 17.27 | 17.88 | 3.6 | 16.11 | 16.42 | 1.9 | 33.7 |
All private-sector jobs | 16.40 | 17.34 | 5.7 | 14.48 | 15.05 | 3.9 | 100.0 |
Managers | 22.79 | 27.41 | 20.3 | 20.59 | 25.05 | 21.7 | 8.1 |
Other employees | 15.74 | 16.46 | 4.6 | 14.04 | 14.52 | 3.4 | 91.9 |
Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey, January to November. |
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