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Table 2 School-year employment, hours and earnings of full-time postsecondary students

	Total	Employment rate	Unemployment rate	Average weekly hours	Average hourly earnings¹	Average weekly earnings	Employed students	All students
	Total	Employment rate	Unemployment rate	Average weekly hours	Average hourly earnings¹	Average weekly earnings	Earnings during school²
	'000	%		hours	$
Total students
2007/2008	1,140	47.7	6.5	16.2	10.75	175	5,920	2,825
2008/2009	1,126	45.9	8.0	15.9	11.50	185	6,230	2,860
2009/2010	1,193	45.4^*	9.0^*	15.8	11.80^*	185^*	6,345^*	2,885
Men
2007/2008	521	42.2	8.0	17.5	11.00	195	6,570	2,770
2008/2009	493	40.3	10.3	17.0	11.80	200	6,800	2,740
2009/2010	526	39.6	11.2^*	16.7^*	12.15^*	205	6,895	2,730
Women
2007/2008	619	52.4	5.4	15.3	10.55	160	5,490	2,875
2008/2009	633	50.2	6.6	15.3	11.30	175	5,890	2,955
2009/2010	667	50.0	7.5^*	15.3	11.55^*	175^*	6,015^*	3,010
Aged 15 to 19
2007/2008	417	45.8	8.1	15.0	9.10	135	4,640	2,130
2008/2009	423	44.7	10.2	14.3	9.80	140	4,770	2,130
2009/2010	439	43.5	11.9^*	14.3^*	10.25^*	145^*	5,000^*	2,175
Aged 20 to 24
2007/2008	722	48.8	5.6	16.8	11.65	195	6,670	3,255
2008/2009	703	46.6	6.7	16.9	12.50	210	7,170	3,345
2009/2010	754	46.6	7.3^*	16.6	12.65^*	210^*	7,145^*	3,330
1. All earnings figures are in 2009 constant dollars. 2. Based on 34 weeks (September through April). * significantly different from the 2007/2008 school year at the 0.05 level Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey.