Table 2.2-4
Labour income statistics — Hourly earnings

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Hourly earnings: Part 1
  Hourly earnings, all industries 1 Percentage change Goods-producing industries Forestry Mining Manufacturing Construction
v1606080 v1606080 v1606081 v1606082 v1606083 v1606086 v1606085
  2002=100 percent 2002=100
1991 82.0 .. 79.3 78.2 76.9 78.0 87.0
1992 84.7 3.3 81.7 78.8 80.0 80.6 89.0
1993 86.4 2.0 83.1 80.0 83.0 82.2 89.2
1994 87.6 1.4 84.2 82.4 84.9 83.6 88.8
1995 89.6 2.3 86.8 80.9 87.7 85.9 92.8
1996 91.7 2.4 88.7 85.0 91.5 88.2 92.8
1997 92.3 0.6 89.9 88.2 92.1 89.9 92.6
1998 93.8 1.6 92.7 87.3 97.2 93.5 92.3
1999 94.8 1.1 94.1 86.1 98.5 94.7 93.4
2000 96.8 2.0 96.2 90.8 96.9 97.0 96.0
2001 98.0 1.3 98.1 108.9 100.8 98.7 95.3
2002 100.0 2.2 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
2003 103.1 2.9 103.1 101.7 106.2 102.9 102.0
2004 105.9 2.7 105.1 101.6 108.4 105.4 102.6
2005 109.2 3.1 107.7 103.2 111.2 108.2 105.0
2006 112.1 2.6 109.9 105.8 119.5 109.3 108.2
2007 117.2 4.6 114.6 103.1 124.2 113.7 114.3
2008 121.3 3.5 118.2 104.3 134.7 115.6 121.2
2009 125.0 3.0 118.5 95.4 141.3 112.4 127.1
2010 128.8 3.0 122.2 108.4 145.9 116.8 128.2
Hourly earnings: Part 2
  Services-producing industries Transportation Retail trade Wholesale trade Finance and insurance Professional Accommodation and food Health Public administration
v1606089 v1606098 v1606092 v1606091 v1606100 v1606102 v1606095 v1606093 v1606097
  2002=100
1991 83.1 82.4 89.5 82.8 x 78.2 82.1 79.6 74.5
1992 85.8 85.4 91.9 86.2 x 80.5 84.2 82.3 76.7
1993 87.7 87.0 93.2 87.2 x 81.1 86.7 85.4 79.0
1994 88.9 87.7 95.7 90.1 x 83.5 90.0 85.6 79.3
1995 90.7 88.9 97.8 91.7 x 85.3 91.9 86.9 80.5
1996 92.9 90.5 99.7 92.4 x 90.3 95.7 89.7 81.6
1997 93.2 92.0 100.8 95.4 x 92.2 95.6 89.2 82.6
1998 94.2 94.0 101.1 98.6 x 90.9 94.1 89.8 86.0
1999 95.1 96.8 101.5 98.6 x 90.1 92.0 92.5 89.5
2000 97.0 97.2 108.6 102.0 x 95.8 97.6 94.1 88.8
2001 98.0 97.5 99.9 98.0 x 99.2 95.6 97.3 95.1
2002 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
2003 103.2 105.9 103.8 104.4 101.1 102.6 100.3 102.1 101.4
2004 106.2 107.0 107.0 103.1 101.8 105.1 103.5 108.9 106.0
2005 109.8 111.1 109.7 108.5 107.3 110.3 107.8 111.2 107.2
2006 112.9 112.1 113.0 113.2 111.8 111.9 108.7 113.3 112.2
2007 118.2 120.6 114.4 117.6 116.5 116.6 117.0 118.1 119.2
2008 122.5 122.1 118.9 120.5 118.2 121.0 122.7 123.4 123.4
2009 127.5 118.4 122.0 123.0 124.0 124.5 126.4 132.8 132.8
2010 131.2 123.6 124.9 128.7 126.6 129.4 132.8 134.2 133.4
Hourly earnings: Part 3
  Hourly earnings, industrial aggregate Goods-producing industries Mining Manufacturing Construction Services-producing industries Transportation Finance and insurance Professional Accommodation and food Health
v1806037 v1806038 v1806043 v1806059 v1806050 v1806121 v1806195 v1806216 v1806231 v1806175 v1806153
  dollars per hour
1991 14.01 16.49 20.37 15.23 19.40 12.51 15.58 x 14.90 7.86 16.22
1992 14.44 16.90 20.83 15.76 19.64 13.01 16.26 x 15.06 8.11 16.80
1993 14.70 17.18 21.37 16.13 19.64 13.28 16.55 x 15.56 8.34 17.33
1994 14.89 17.40 21.45 16.40 19.51 13.45 16.57 x 15.77 8.62 17.40
1995 15.05 17.69 22.24 16.62 20.28 13.58 16.64 x 15.44 8.76 17.38
1996 15.45 18.06 22.84 17.14 19.99 14.02 16.90 x 16.25 9.17 17.70
1997 15.58 18.11 22.32 17.24 19.85 14.15 17.34 x 16.36 9.20 17.56
1998 15.77 18.54 23.89 17.59 20.29 14.25 17.66 x 17.25 9.07 17.69
1999 16.04 18.85 25.51 17.83 20.51 14.45 17.58 x 18.36 8.78 18.46
2000 16.48 19.29 24.90 18.29 21.31 14.96 17.72 x 19.40 9.22 18.84
2001 16.34 19.44 24.65 18.39 20.76 14.69 18.21 x 18.34 9.29 19.24
2002 16.65 19.89 24.58 18.62 22.02 14.92 18.69 16.07 17.99 9.65 19.75
2003 17.17 20.66 25.91 19.40 22.26 15.40 20.10 17.29 19.15 9.83 20.02
2004 17.68 21.16 25.95 20.03 22.31 15.98 20.08 17.99 19.44 10.16 21.40
2005 18.29 21.90 28.02 20.56 23.11 16.59 20.91 17.52 19.63 10.48 22.13
2006 18.74 22.20 29.23 20.50 23.75 17.11 21.25 18.87 20.97 10.64 22.70
2007 19.48 23.31 31.63 21.59 24.63 17.81 22.23 19.79 21.44 11.24 23.41
2008 20.17 24.27 31.53 21.96 26.49 18.47 22.20 21.10 22.59 11.89 24.03
2009 20.44 24.09 33.30 20.86 27.30 19.15 21.53 23.23 24.47 12.24 25.27
2010 20.95 25.15 34.06 21.88 28.02 19.45 22.05 21.52 24.33 12.94 25.40
1.
Unadjusted for seasonality. Annual data are the averages of the monthly indexes. How these fixed-weighted indexes are constructed is described in the September 1989 issue of the CEO.
Note(s):
Monthly data for fixed-weighted Hourly earnings, all industries, when presented in this table, are unadjusted for seasonality. Annual data are the averages of the monthly indexes. How these fixed-weighted indexes are constructed is described in the September 1989 issue of the CEO.
Source(s):
Contact: Y. Xi (613-951-9034). Employment, Earnings and Hours (Catalogue no. 72-002-XIB), Client services (613-951-4090). Cansim tables: 281-0031, 281-0039 and 281-0030.