Table 18
Real hourly wages (2010 dollars) by occupational group, full-time workers, 1981 to 1998

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Real hourly wages (2010 dollars) by occupational group, full-time workers, 1981 to 1998
Table summary
This table displays median and average real hourly wages of full-time workers aged 17 to 64, by occupational group, from 1981 to 1998. The row headers describe the occupational groups considered. The column headers identify the wage measure used (median wage, average wage), the years 1981 and 1998, and the percentage change in wages from 1981 to 1998.
Occupational group Median hourly wages Average hourly wages
1981 1998 Change 1981 1998 Change
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5 Column 6
  dollars percent dollars percent
All occupations 18.83 19.46 3.3 20.62 21.32 3.4
Professionals and managers 25.72 24.54 -4.6 27.09 26.60 -1.8
Natural and social sciences 24.38 26.16 7.3 25.77 26.96 4.6
Clerical occupations 16.24 16.97 4.5 17.20 17.47 1.6
Sales 19.18 21.05 9.8 22.06 23.67 7.3
Services 13.53 12.76 -5.7 15.89 15.06 -5.2
Primary, processing, machining 18.83 18.25 -3.1 19.64 19.34 -1.5
Construction-related 22.36 21.49 -3.9 23.08 21.86 -5.3
Other occupations 18.95 17.86 -5.7 20.10 19.20 -4.5
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, 1981 Survey of Work History, 1998 Labour Force Survey, and Consumer Price Index (All-items).
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