Table 17
Changes in average log wages in selected industrial groups, full-time jobs, 1998 to 2011

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Changes in average log wages in selected industrial groups, full-time jobs, 1998 to 2011
Table summary
This table displays the changes in average log real wages observed in full-time jobs in selected industries from 1998 to 2011. The row headers describe the industries examined. The headers for columns 1, 2, and 3 identify the types of models estimated in terms of the control variables used. The header for column 4 identifies the sample size in each industry.
Industrial group No controls Controls for gender, age, education, and seniority Column 2 plus controls for two-digit occupations Sample size
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4
  number
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction 0.179*** 0.179*** 0.169*** 2,217
Construction 0.094*** 0.097*** 0.087*** 5,300
Manufacturing 0.05*** 0.014 0.019* 13,246
Wholesale trade 0.131*** 0.082*** 0.077*** 3,024
Retail trade 0.029* 0.033** 0.07*** 8,517
Transportation and warehousing 0.071*** 0.078*** 0.08*** 4,239
Information and cultural industries 0.056* 0.041† 0.037† 1,955
Finance 0.098*** 0.051* 0.043* 2,221
Professional, scientific, and technical services 0.143*** 0.07*** 0.075*** 3,660
Administrative and support, waste management, and remediation services 0.074*** 0.053** 0.068*** 2,472
Accommodation and food services 0.099*** 0.089*** 0.094*** 3,905
Public services 0.077*** 0.088*** 0.083*** 23,092
Note(s):
†p<0.10; *p<0.05; **p<0.01; ***p<0.001 (two-tailed test).
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, authors' calculations based on the 1998 to 2011 Labour Force Survey.
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