Table 7
Average usual hours and wages of employees by selected characteristics, Canada, unadjusted for seasonality

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Average usual hours and wages of employees by selected characteristics, Canada, unadjusted for seasonality
Table summary
This table displays the average usual hours and wages of employees by selected characteristics for Canada. The data in this table is unadjusted for seasonality. The row headers provide information for the selected characteristics by age and sex, union coverage, job permanency, and occupation for both the current month and the same month the previous year. The column headers provide information for three main categories: total employees, full-time employees, and part-time employees. The sub-categories are number of employees (in thousands), average weekly hours, as well as average weekly wages and average hourly wages (in current dollars).
  Employees Full-time Part-time
Number Average weekly hours Average weekly wages Average hourly wages Number Average weekly hours Average weekly wages Number Average weekly hours Average weekly wages
  thousands   current dollars thousands   current dollars thousands   current dollars
July 2016  
15 years and over 15,515.3 35.8 940.25 25.46 13,007.2 39.2 1,056.92 2,508.1 18.4 335.20
15 to 24 years 2,653.8 30.4 466.91 14.68 1,668.6 38.2 614.59 985.2 17.3 216.79
25 years and over 12,861.4 37.0 1,037.92 27.68 11,338.6 39.4 1,122.02 1,522.9 19.1 411.81
Males 7,907.6 38.1 1,061.75 27.29 7,119.0 40.3 1,145.40 788.6 18.1 306.55
Females 7,607.6 33.5 813.97 23.55 5,888.1 37.9 949.95 1,719.5 18.5 348.34
Union coverage  
Union coverage 4,486.9 36.4 1,085.51 29.51 3,930.2 38.6 1,170.01 556.7 20.3 488.98
No union coverage 11,028.3 35.6 881.16 23.81 9,077.0 39.5 1,007.96 1,951.4 17.9 291.33
Job permanency  
Permanent 13,196.4 36.5 994.51 26.60 11,435.4 39.2 1,092.16 1,760.9 19.1 360.43
Temporary 2,318.9 32.1 631.47 18.98 1,571.8 39.4 800.57 747.1 16.8 275.73
Occupation  
Management occupations 954.6 39.7 1,676.06 42.28 935.3 40.2 1,697.85 19.3 17.8 618.52
Business, finance and administration occupations 2,639.2 35.8 926.94 25.53 2,296.9 38.4 1,010.40 342.4 17.7 367.07
Natural and applied sciences and related occupations 1,257.2 38.4 1,368.74 35.58 1,213.7 39.2 1,398.45 43.5 17.7 539.30
Health occupations 1,150.9 33.9 998.83 29.43 891.6 37.7 1,115.46 259.4 20.8 597.90
Occupations in education, law and social, community and government services 1,700.3 35.2 1,135.54 31.75 1,447.4 38.2 1,251.86 252.9 18.1 469.79
Occupations in art, culture, recreation and sport 397.5 32.4 679.09 20.61 290.3 38.7 825.85 107.3 15.1 281.91
Sales and service occupations 4,040.5 31.9 547.14 16.35 2,745.7 38.2 689.11 1,294.8 18.5 246.07
Trades, transport and equipment operators and related occupations 2,207.5 40.3 1,025.80 25.21 2,085.3 41.6 1,067.23 122.2 18.1 319.01
Natural resources, agriculture and related production occupations 336.4 40.3 840.65 20.24 295.6 43.5 920.89 40.8 17.0 259.39
Occupations in manufacturing and utilities 831.0 39.4 857.86 21.59 805.5 40.0 875.96 25.6 19.6 287.55
July 2015  
15 years and over 15,462.6 36.1 928.95 25.01 13,032.8 39.3 1,040.86 2,429.8 18.6 328.71
15 to 24 years 2,722.4 30.8 463.82 14.45 1,710.9 38.4 605.42 1,011.5 17.8 224.33
25 years and over 12,740.2 37.2 1,028.34 27.26 11,322.0 39.5 1,106.65 1,418.3 19.1 403.16
Males 7,947.9 38.3 1,049.82 26.83 7,180.1 40.4 1,130.81 767.9 18.1 292.54
Females 7,514.7 33.7 801.11 23.08 5,852.8 38.0 930.51 1,661.9 18.8 345.43
Union coverage  
Union coverage 4,583.6 36.5 1,063.80 28.82 4,042.1 38.7 1,141.54 541.5 20.0 483.50
No union coverage 10,879.0 35.9 872.14 23.40 8,990.8 39.6 995.59 1,888.3 18.1 284.33
Job permanency  
Permanent 13,105.7 36.7 982.11 26.12 11,400.2 39.3 1,076.69 1,705.5 19.3 349.96
Temporary 2,356.9 32.6 633.33 18.83 1,632.6 39.6 790.66 724.3 16.8 278.67
Occupation  
Management occupations 964.8 39.9 1,561.43 39.23 939.7 40.5 1,588.39 25.1 17.7 553.88
Business, finance and administration occupations 2,603.8 35.9 916.56 25.06 2,287.3 38.3 996.04 316.5 18.0 342.16
Natural and applied sciences and related occupations 1,291.4 38.6 1,346.55 34.70 1,253.3 39.2 1,371.66 38.1 18.9 520.27
Health occupations 1,128.3 34.0 984.44 28.89 879.0 37.8 1,101.46 249.2 20.6 571.75
Occupations in education, law and social, community and government services 1,655.7 35.2 1,082.55 30.39 1,415.7 38.1 1,186.58 240.0 17.9 468.80
Occupations in art, culture, recreation and sport 390.6 34.0 736.82 21.71 300.0 39.4 857.56 90.6 16.1 336.86
Sales and service occupations 4,046.3 31.9 557.42 16.60 2,730.8 38.3 707.50 1,315.5 18.6 245.87
Trades, transport and equipment operators and related occupations 2,222.7 40.5 1,026.05 25.06 2,121.3 41.6 1,059.46 101.4 18.3 327.17
Natural resources, agriculture and related production occupations 350.8 42.1 923.82 21.43 319.1 44.6 990.89 31.7 16.8 249.23
Occupations in manufacturing and utilities 808.3 39.7 842.59 21.06 786.6 40.2 857.36 21.7 19.0 306.39
Note(s):
Related CANSIM table 282-0167.
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