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Average weekly earnings (including overtime) for all employees

Industry group (North American Industry Classification System)

September 2005

August 2006^r

September 2006^p

August to September 2006

September 2005 to September 2006

Year-to-date average 2006¹

Seasonally adjusted

% change

Industrial aggregate

737.24

750.38

749.69

-0.1

1.7

3.1

Forestry, logging and support

931.54

973.71

977.08

0.3

4.9

5.3

Mining and oil and gas

1,323.09

1,335.11

1,318.89

-1.2

-0.3

2.7

Utilities

1,071.72

1,093.39

1,089.40

-0.4

1.6

1.7

Construction

891.57

894.73

887.04

-0.9

-0.5

1.9

Manufacturing

900.56

905.80

909.86

0.4

1.0

2.5

Wholesale trade

843.28

879.78

882.67

0.3

4.7

5.3

Retail trade

469.90

481.37

480.64

-0.2

2.3

3.0

Transportation and warehousing

788.19

780.59

782.19

0.2

-0.8

1.3

Information and cultural industries

905.45

940.15

938.82

-0.1

3.7

6.5

Finance and insurance

952.50

963.74

968.04

0.4

1.6

2.6

Real estate and rental and leasing

653.57

682.99

693.14

1.5

6.1

4.2

Professional, scientific and technical services

964.33

975.59

982.79

0.7

1.9

0.9

Management of companies and enterprises

906.44

943.23

956.10

1.4

5.5

5.8

Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

578.40

600.19

603.14

0.5

4.3

2.9

Educational services

815.58

816.39

821.25

0.6

0.7

3.8

Health care and social assistance

670.02

676.09

671.29

-0.7

0.2

3.9

Arts, entertainment and recreation

428.34

427.53

428.96

0.3

0.1

2.2

Accommodation and food services

321.77

319.60

317.11

-0.8

-1.4

6.1

Other services (excluding public administration)

566.73

587.44

592.53

0.9

4.6

2.5

Public administration

903.46

946.68

954.99

0.9

5.7

3.7

Provinces and territories

Newfoundland and Labrador

675.69

688.52

696.99

1.2

3.2

4.5

Prince Edward Island

577.54

589.42

591.93

0.4

2.5

3.2

Nova Scotia

644.36

656.12

656.25

0.0

1.8

2.5

New Brunswick

672.63

682.41

689.44

1.0

2.5

3.7

Quebec

701.74

715.24

704.87

-1.4

0.4

2.6

Ontario

777.88

785.71

786.98

0.2

1.2

2.6

Manitoba

661.86

675.95

685.50

1.4

3.6

2.0

Saskatchewan

675.08

691.90

695.68

0.5

3.1

4.0

Alberta

777.64

806.07

812.30

0.8

4.5

4.7

British Columbia

727.68

736.17

741.97

0.8

2.0

4.1

Yukon

826.67

842.45

843.57

0.1

2.0

4.8

Northwest Territories²

988.58

964.41

973.08

0.9

-1.6

2.2

Nunavut²

890.24

904.96

899.88

-0.6

1.1

3.7

^r	revised
^p	preliminary
1.	Rate of change for the first nine months of 2006 compared to the same months for 2005.
2.	Data not seasonally adjusted.

Number of employees

Industry group (North American Industry Classification System)

December 2005

July 2006

August 2006^r

September 2006^p

July to August 2006

August to September 2006

December 2005 to September 2006

Seasonally adjusted

thousands

% change

Industrial aggregate

13,872.3

14,022.6

14,028.7

14,042.2

0.0

0.1

1.2

Forestry, logging and support

63.3

59.6

58.9

58.5

-1.2

-0.7

-7.6

Mining and oil and gas

172.4

183.0

184.8

186.8

1.0

1.1

8.4

Utilities

121.5

122.5

123.2

122.6

0.6

-0.5

0.9

Construction

690.7

704.5

710.5

712.8

0.9

0.3

3.2

Manufacturing

1,948.4

1,930.2

1,932.4

1,924.1

0.1

-0.4

-1.2

Wholesale trade

736.7

743.6

743.8

742.3

0.0

-0.2

0.8

Retail trade

1,717.4

1,731.6

1,738.4

1,740.7

0.4

0.1

1.4

Transportation and warehousing

627.5

636.9

634.8

633.9

-0.3

-0.1

1.0

Information and cultural industries

355.4

358.8

360.9

359.1

0.6

-0.5

1.0

Finance and insurance

588.2

589.6

590.1

592.2

0.1

0.4

0.7

Real estate and rental and leasing

246.2

246.6

243.8

244.5

-1.1

0.3

-0.7

Professional, scientific and technical services

670.6

677.3

677.9

681.3

0.1

0.5

1.6

Management of companies and enterprises

96.5

100.0

101.5

96.0

1.5

-5.4

-0.5

Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

681.8

704.1

705.8

707.9

0.2

0.3

3.8

Educational services

1,004.5

1,015.6

1,015.0

1,020.4

-0.1

0.5

1.6

Health care and social assistance

1,425.0

1,436.8

1,439.2

1,442.9

0.2

0.3

1.3

Arts, entertainment and recreation

247.6

248.2

247.3

248.4

-0.4

0.4

0.3

Accommodation and food services

960.3

970.3

969.6

977.0

-0.1

0.8

1.7

Other services (excluding public administration)

515.4

520.0

519.0

522.3

-0.2

0.6

1.3

Public administration

791.0

816.4

803.8

797.5

-1.5

-0.8

0.8

Provinces and territories

Newfoundland and Labrador

177.5

185.0

184.8

184.3

-0.1

-0.3

3.8

Prince Edward Island

64.3

62.1

62.2

0.0

0.2

-3.3

Nova Scotia

395.5

394.1

393.1

393.2

-0.3

0.0

-0.6

New Brunswick

302.2

303.8

306.1

303.7

0.8

-0.8

0.5

Quebec

3,213.6

3,235.7

3,239.0

3,232.7

0.1

-0.2

0.6

Ontario

5,389.3

5,416.9

5,413.0

5,428.5

-0.1

0.3

0.7

Manitoba

538.2

534.5

534.9

535.7

0.1

-0.5

Saskatchewan

419.2

421.9

422.1

423.4

0.0

0.3

1.0

Alberta

1,576.5

1,627.4

1,628.4

1,629.6

0.1

3.4

British Columbia

1,747.9

1,788.3

1,796.9

1,806.4

0.5

3.3

Yukon

17.1

17.3

17.5

1.2

0.0

2.3

Northwest Territories¹

22.0

22.6

22.5

22.7

-0.4

0.9

3.2

Nunavut¹

11.3

11.9

12.1

5.3

1.7

7.1

^r	revised
^p	preliminary
1.	Data not seasonally adjusted.