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Table 3
Average earnings and usual hours by union and job status, 2006

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Hourly earnings
Usual weekly hours, main job
All employees
Full-time
Part-time
All employees
Full-time
Part-time
dollars
Both sexes
19.72
20.99
13.8
35.7
39.6
17.5
Union member
22.79
23.34
19.36
36
38.7
19.3
Union coverage1
22.73
23.3
19.2
36
38.7
19.2
Not a union member2
18.33
19.84
12
35.5
40
16.9
Men
21.43
22.44
12.78
38.3
40.8
16.6
Union member
23.6
24
17.71
38.4
39.8
18
Union coverage1
23.58
24
17.57
38.4
39.9
17.8
Not a union member2
20.43
21.67
11.6
38.2
41.3
16.3
Women
17.96
19.2
14.24
33
38
17.9
Union member
21.96
22.54
19.85
33.5
37.3
19.7
Union coverage1
21.86
22.45
19.71
33.5
37.3
19.6
Not a union member2
16.15
17.58
12.2
32.7
38.4
17.3
Atlantic
16.42
17.34
11.8
36.6
40.4
17.6
Union member
21.25
21.46
19.39
37.6
39.5
20.4
Union coverage1
21.18
21.41
19.19
37.6
39.6
20.2
Not a union member2
14.38
15.4
10.09
36.2
40.8
17
Quebec
18.87
19.94
14.01
34.7
38.3
18.3
Union member
21.46
21.85
19.09
35.2
37.7
20.3
Union coverage1
21.33
21.75
18.75
35.3
37.8
20.2
Not a union member2
17.21
18.61
11.85
34.3
38.7
17.4
Ontario
20.65
22.15
13.49
35.8
39.7
17.2
Union member
24.07
24.81
19.11
36.3
38.9
18.6
Union coverage1
24.05
24.81
18.99
36.2
38.9
18.5
Not a union member2
19.32
21.04
12
35.6
40
16.8
Prairies
19.9
21.13
13.82
36.7
40.6
17.3
Union member
22.49
23.06
19.12
36.4
39.3
19
Union coverage1
22.54
23.11
19.21
36.4
39.4
18.9
Not a union member2
18.82
20.29
12.02
36.8
41.1
16.7
British Columbia
19.91
21.03
15.21
35.3
39.6
17.4
Union member
23.39
23.94
20.62
35.6
39
18.9
Union coverage1
23.4
23.96
20.55
35.7
39
18.8
Not a union member2
18.28
19.58
13.22
35.1
39.8
16.8
1. Union members and persons who are not union members but covered by collective agreements (for example, some religious group members).
2. Workers who are neither union members nor covered by collective agreements.
Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey.