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Table 3 Average earnings and usual hours by union and job status, 2007

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  Hourly earnings Usual weekly hours, main job
All employees Full-time Part-time All employees Full-time Part-time
$
Both sexes 20.41 21.73 14.33 35.6 39.5 17.4
Union member 23.58 24.15 19.99 36.0 38.7 19.3
Union coverage1 23.51 24.11 19.81 36.0 38.7 19.1
Not a union member2 18.98 20.55 12.56 35.4 39.9 16.9
Men 22.17 23.24 13.25 38.1 40.7 16.5
Union member 24.38 24.83 18.10 38.4 39.8 18.2
Union coverage1 24.32 24.79 17.94 38.4 39.9 18.0
Not a union member2 21.20 22.50 12.07 38.0 41.1 16.2
Women 18.62 19.89 14.80 33.0 38.0 17.8
Union member 22.79 23.36 20.59 33.6 37.3 19.6
Union coverage1 22.71 23.31 20.43 33.6 37.3 19.5
Not a union member2 16.71 18.16 12.78 32.6 38.3 17.2
Atlantic 17.22 18.19 12.22 36.7 40.4 17.5
Union member 21.98 22.22 19.76 37.6 39.5 20.0
Union coverage1 21.90 22.16 19.54 37.6 39.6 19.8
Not a union member2 15.15 16.24 10.50 36.3 40.8 17.0
Quebec 19.35 20.52 14.15 34.5 38.2 18.0
Union member 22.10 22.52 19.41 35.2 37.6 20.0
Union coverage1 21.92 22.39 18.98 35.3 37.7 19.8
Not a union member2 17.66 19.17 12.14 34.0 38.6 17.2
Ontario 21.27 22.83 14.01 35.6 39.6 17.0
Union member 24.86 25.70 19.48 36.1 38.9 18.6
Union coverage1 24.85 25.70 19.41 36.2 38.9 18.5
Not a union member2 19.86 21.62 12.53 35.3 39.8 16.7
Prairies 21.06 22.24 15.04 36.7 40.5 17.4
Union member 23.71 24.23 20.59 36.4 39.3 19.3
Union coverage1 23.81 24.34 20.60 36.5 39.4 19.2
Not a union member2 19.97 21.39 13.24 36.8 40.9 16.8
British Columbia 20.49 21.67 15.62 35.3 39.6 17.5
Union member 23.94 24.39 21.61 35.8 39.0 19.3
Union coverage1 23.93 24.41 21.49 35.8 39.1 19.1
Not a union member2 18.86 20.29 13.47 35.0 39.9 16.9
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.