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Table 2. Wages and salaries, by food processing industry group, Canada, 2001
Food processing industries1 Production workers' wages Salaries for admininstrative, office and other non-manufacturing employees Total wages and salaries
thousands of dollars
Animal food manufacturing
298,668
139,594
438,262
Grain and oilseed milling
277,818
81,148
358,966
Sugar and confectionery product manufacturing
332,711
106,382
439,093
Fruit and vegetable preserving and specialty food manufacturing
562,822
200,768
763,590
Dairy product manufacturing
523,026
213,702
736,728
Meat product manufacturing
1,602,909
371,970
1,974,879
Seafood product preparation and packaging
464,066
111,821
575,887
Bakeries and tortilla manufacturing
829,456
206,627
1,036,083
Other food manufacturing
425,242
235,603
660,845
All food manufacturing
5,316,718
1,667,615
6,984,333
All manufacturing
59,089,359
21,541,627
80,630,986
1. North American Industry Classification System, four-digit groups 3111 to 3119.
Source: Statistics Canada, Annual survey of Manufacturers, CANSIM, Table 301-0003.