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In June, the average weekly earnings of payroll employees (seasonally adjusted) increased $2.27 from May to $769.43. The year-to-date growth, calculated as the average of the first six months of 2007 compared with the average of the same six months in 2006, was 3.1%.
In Canada's largest industrial sectors, earnings grew for the first six months of 2007 in manufacturing (+3.6%), health and social assistance (+3.2%), educational services (+0.5%), while they declined 0.5% in retail trade.
Nationally, the number of occupied payroll jobs edged up 12,700 to 14,291,700 in June. Growth among the provinces varied, with Alberta showing the strongest increase (+0.6%), followed by British Columbia (+0.2%).
The industrial sectors showing the strongest employment growth in June were arts, entertainment and recreation (+1.2%), and construction (+0.9%).
The number of payroll jobs has grown 74,000 since December 2006 (+0.5%).
The average hourly earnings for hourly-paid employees edged down $0.05 in June to $19.02. The average weekly hours for hourly-paid employees remained at 31.3 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 July will be released on September 25.
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