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In December, the average weekly earnings of payroll employees (seasonally adjusted) increased 0.1% to $757.27 from November. This leaves the year-to-date growth in earnings at 3.0%. This rate of change is obtained by comparing the 12-month average for 2006 with that of 2005, and is subject to revision for next month's release.
In Canada's largest industrial sectors, year-to-date earnings growth as of December was 3.6% for health and social assistance, 3.1% for educational services and 2.4% for manufacturing.
There were 14,167,900 payroll jobs in Canada in December, an increase of 51,500 employees (+0.4%) from November. Most of the provinces showed increases in employment from November to December, with the largest percentage increases recorded in Alberta (+1.1%), Nova-Scotia (+0.6%), and New Brunswick (+0.6%).
The average hourly earnings for hourly paid employees edged up 0.1% in December to $18.58. The average weekly hours for hourly paid employees remained unchanged at 31.8 hours.
Available on CANSIM: tables 281-0023 to 281-0046.
Definitions, data sources and methods: survey number 2612.
Detailed industry data, data by size of enterprise based on employment, and other labour market indicators will be available soon in the monthly publication Employment, Earnings and Hours (72-002-XIB, free).
Data on payroll employment, earnings and hours for January will be released on March 30.
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