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Average hourly wages of employees by selected characteristics and profession, unadjusted data, by province (monthly)
(Canada)
  October 2005 October 2006 October 2005 to October 2006
  number of employees1 (thousands) average hourly wage ($) number of employees1 (thousands) average hourly wage ($) % change in hourly wage
Canada          
15 years and over 13,775.8 19.33 14,145.3 19.92 3.1
15 to 24 years 2,339.0 11.00 2,406.4 11.56 5.1
25 to 54 years 9,805.9 21.00 9,989.2 21.66 3.1
55 years and over 1,630.9 21.21 1,749.7 21.53 1.5
Men 7,027.3 20.89 7,200.6 21.54 3.1
Women 6,748.5 17.70 6,944.8 18.24 3.1
Full-time 11,224.0 20.63 11,611.8 21.22 2.9
Part-time 2,551.7 13.60 2,533.5 14.00 2.9
Union coverage2 4,399.6 22.32 4,472.0 23.02 3.1
No union coverage3 9,376.2 17.93 9,673.3 18.49 3.1
Permanent job4 11,991.8 19.91 12,366.9 20.53 3.1
Temporary job5 1,784.0 15.43 1,778.5 15.71 1.8
Management occupations 997.4 29.89 1,015.7 31.33 4.8
Business, finance and administrative occupations 2,623.6 18.47 2,753.3 19.05 3.1
Natural and applied sciences and related occupations 951.6 27.32 1,002.7 27.98 2.4
Health occupations 856.6 22.77 854.0 23.31 2.4
Occupations in social science, education, government service and religion 1,231.7 25.40 1,277.3 25.77 1.5
Occupations in art, culture, recreation and sport 314.5 19.82 295.1 21.24 7.2
Sales and service occupations 3,423.4 12.96 3,603.1 13.32 2.8
Trades, transport and equipment operators and related occupations 2,046.9 18.92 2,053.8 19.79 4.6
Occupations unique to primary industry 294.7 15.91 309.6 16.40 3.1
Occupations unique to processing, manufacturing and utilities 1,035.5 16.61 980.8 17.05 2.6
1. Those who work as employees of a private firm or business or the public sector.
2. Employees who are members of a union and employees who are not union members but who are covered by a collective agreement or a union contract.
3. Employees who are not members of a union or not covered by a collective agreement or a union contract.
4. A permanent job is one that is expected to last as long as the employee wants it, given that business conditions permit. That is, there is no pre-determined termination date.
5. A temporary job has a predetermined end date, or will end as soon as a specified project is completed. Includes seasonal jobs; temporary, term or contract jobs including work done through a temporary help agency; casual jobs; and other temporary work.
Sources: Statistics Canada, CANSIM tables (for fee) 282-0069 and 282-0073.
Last modified: 2006-11-03.

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