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Table 1 Average weekly earnings (including overtime) for all employees

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Average weekly earnings (including overtime) for all employees
Industry Group (North American Industry Classification System) February 2009 January 2010r February 2010p January to February 2010 February 2009 to February 2010
  Seasonally adjusted
  current dollars % change
Industrial aggregate 820.53 835.95 843.91 1.0 2.8
Forestry, logging and support 781.48 897.89 918.17 2.3 17.5
Mining and quarrying, and oil and gas extraction 1,616.02 1,649.90 1,627.26 -1.4 0.7
Utilities 1,486.53 1,563.61 1,595.73 2.1 7.3
Construction 1,055.58 1,046.89 1,056.10 0.9 0.0
Manufacturing 914.13 948.65 965.64 1.8 5.6
Wholesale trade 994.36 1,012.82 1,007.11 -0.6 1.3
Retail trade 486.58 491.51 500.07 1.7 2.8
Transportation and warehousing 897.79 839.67 845.30 0.7 -5.8
Information and cultural industries 1,081.98 1,045.18 1,073.20 2.7 -0.8
Finance and insurance 1,054.22 1,072.48 1,093.24 1.9 3.7
Real estate and rental and leasing 761.26 814.76 793.60 -2.6 4.2
Professional, scientific and technical services 1,139.40 1,166.66 1,182.05 1.3 3.7
Management of companies and enterprises 1,126.09 1,223.78 1,263.41 3.2 12.2
Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services 666.27 664.40 690.09 3.9 3.6
Educational services 859.87 915.51 914.90 -0.1 6.4
Health care and social assistance 755.58 773.44 776.06 0.3 2.7
Arts, entertainment and recreation 495.78 530.30 568.28 7.2 14.6
Accommodation and food services 332.51 342.68 345.29 0.8 3.8
Other services (excluding public administration) 677.98 683.25 693.35 1.5 2.3
Public administration 1,055.48 1,076.11 1,084.96 0.8 2.8
Provinces and territories          
Newfoundland and Labrador 782.75 814.04 835.71 2.7 6.8
Prince Edward Island 688.33 677.08 696.36 2.8 1.2
Nova Scotia 729.51 744.47 756.22 1.6 3.7
New Brunswick 739.63 753.79 754.08 0.0 2.0
Quebec 752.55 759.52 773.17 1.8 2.7
Ontario 846.68 866.36 875.53 1.1 3.4
Manitoba 765.07 771.02 776.14 0.7 1.4
Saskatchewan 797.65 826.66 824.42 -0.3 3.4
Alberta 965.26 963.38 989.77 2.7 2.5
British Columbia 789.52 805.66 810.93 0.7 2.7
Yukon 892.57 892.36 876.53 -1.8 -1.8
Northwest Territories¹ 1,135.40 1,139.35 1,171.55 2.8 3.2
Nunavut¹ 864.17 814.80 865.50 6.2 0.2
revised
preliminary
Data not seasonally adjusted.