Table 5-11
Estimates of employment, average hourly earnings and average weekly hours for employees paid by the hour, by industry — British Columbia

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Table summary
This table displays the results of british columbia. The information is grouped by industry - naics (appearing as row headers), employment, average hourly earnings, average weekly hours (including overtime), including overtime, excluding overtime and apr.  2011, calculated using apr.  2011, mar.  2012, apr.  2012, in thousands, current dollars and hours units of measure (appearing as column headers).

Industry - NAICS Employment Average hourly earnings Average weekly hours (including overtime)
including overtime excluding overtime
Apr.  2011 Mar.  2012Note r: revised Apr.  2012Note p: preliminary Apr.  2011 Mar.  2012Note r: revised Apr.  2012Note p: preliminary Apr.  2011 Mar.  2012Note r: revised Apr.  2012Note p: preliminary Apr.  2011 Mar.  2012Note r: revised Apr.  2012Note p: preliminary
  in thousands current dollars hours
Industrial aggregate excluding
unclassified businesses - 11-91N
1,071.2A 1,070.1A 1,053.8A 21.27A 22.01A 22.12A 20.85A 21.47A 21.65A 30.0A 29.6A 29.5A
Goods producing industries
- 11-33N
202.9A 206.4A 199.9A 25.90A 27.27A 27.13A 24.96A 26.00A 25.98A 36.0A 36.6A 36.0A
Forestry, logging and support
- 11N
6.4D 9.4C 7.1D 28.28A 25.35B 25.73B 26.74B 24.86B 25.27B 36.3B 48.0B 38.6B
Forestry and logging - 113 5.3Note E: Use with caution 8.3C 5.7D 28.64B 25.55B 25.61B 26.89B 25.02B 25.22B 38.0B 49.5C 39.4B
Support activities for forestry
- 1153
1.2Note E: Use with caution Note F: too unreliable to be published 1.3C 26.14B Note F: too unreliable to be published 26.29B 25.95B Note F: too unreliable to be published 25.52B 28.9C Note F: too unreliable to be published 35.2B
Mining, quarrying, and oil
and gas extraction - 21
9.9C 11.0B 9.7C 36.66A 37.24B 35.19B 34.35A 33.80B 33.49B 38.8B 38.0B 39.0A
Oil and gas extraction - 211,2111 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
Mining and quarrying (except
oil and gas) - 212
5.7B 5.9C 6.0C 32.95A 35.54C 35.25B 30.70B 32.10C 33.80B 41.4B 39.4B 40.4A
Support activities for mining
and oil and gas extraction - 213,2131
3.9Note E: Use with caution 4.7C 3.3D 42.41B 38.12A 32.98B 40.26B 34.39B 30.56B 35.0B 36.1C 36.7A
Utilities - 22,221 4.2B 4.6B 5.0B 41.96A 39.37A 39.13A 39.17A 37.49A 36.81A 41.1A 38.0A 38.9A
Construction - 23 86.0A 84.8A 80.1A 27.31A 28.90A 29.34A 26.59A 27.66A 28.07A 34.2A 34.5A 34.7A
Construction of buildings - 236 21.8B 20.0A 17.3B 25.87A 26.05A 27.54A 25.51A 24.99A 26.70A 32.6A 33.6A 32.8A
Heavy and civil engineering construction
- 237
13.0B 12.9B 12.5A 30.31A 33.64A 32.39A 28.15A 31.59A 29.87A 38.4A 42.6A 40.8A
Specialty trade contractors - 238 51.2A 51.9A 50.3A 27.04A 28.51A 29.03A 26.62A 27.57A 28.05A 33.7A 32.8A 33.8A
Manufacturing - 31-33 96.4A 96.7A 98.0A 22.65A 24.44A 24.00A 21.91A 23.47A 23.14A 37.1A 37.0A 36.5A
Non-durable goods - 311N 38.0A 37.0A 38.9A 19.90A 22.17A 21.43A 19.34A 21.22A 20.72A 36.0A 35.0A 34.2A
Food manufacturing - 311 19.2A 18.7A 19.1A 19.23B 16.87A 17.28A 18.73B 16.57A 16.93A 33.8A 32.8A 31.7A
Beverage and tobacco product
manufacturing - 312
Note F: too unreliable to be published 3.2D 2.7C Note F: too unreliable to be published 24.86A 24.45A Note F: too unreliable to be published 24.73A 25.07B Note F: too unreliable to be published 33.5A 29.4B
Clothing manufacturing - 315 1.2D Note F: too unreliable to be published 1.0D 14.63B Note F: too unreliable to be published 13.65A 14.63B Note F: too unreliable to be published 13.58A 37.1B Note F: too unreliable to be published 37.4A
Paper manufacturing - 322 4.2C 4.8B Note F: too unreliable to be published 27.78A 32.99B Note F: too unreliable to be published 26.48A 30.19B Note F: too unreliable to be published 41.5A 41.8A Note F: too unreliable to be published
Printing and related support
activities - 323,3231
3.1B 2.7B 2.6B 19.47B 21.80A 20.11A 19.32B 20.90A 19.82A 36.9A 37.2A 32.8A
Plastics and rubber products
manufacturing - 326
4.4B Note F: too unreliable to be published 4.3A 17.40B Note F: too unreliable to be published 20.78B 17.17B Note F: too unreliable to be published 19.69B 40.9B Note F: too unreliable to be published 37.7A
Durable goods - 321N 58.4A 59.7A 59.1A 24.36A 25.72A 25.53A 23.49A 24.76A 24.58A 37.7A 38.3A 38.0A
Wood product manufacturing - 321 Note F: too unreliable to be published 19.2A 18.4A Note F: too unreliable to be published 28.61A 25.25A Note F: too unreliable to be published 27.56B 24.40A Note F: too unreliable to be published 38.5A 38.9A
Non-metallic mineral product
manufacturing - 327
4.3A 3.8C 3.9B 26.86A 28.04B 28.80B 26.00A 27.42B 28.31B 34.6A 33.6A 35.2B
Primary metal manufacturing - 331 4.3A 4.2A 4.0A 34.97A 34.27A 34.50A 32.26A 31.65A 30.61A 43.0A 42.7A 45.3A
Fabricated metal product manufacturing
- 332
6.2B 8.5A 9.0A 24.33A 24.80A 23.94B 23.20A 24.49A 23.54B 37.3A 36.3A 37.8A
Machinery manufacturing - 333 Note F: too unreliable to be published 6.0A 6.2B Note F: too unreliable to be published 24.50A 26.38B Note F: too unreliable to be published 23.75A 25.77B Note F: too unreliable to be published 35.3A 36.8A
Transportation equipment manufacturing
- 336
4.9A 5.5A 5.3B 25.20B 24.63A 26.93A 24.14B 23.44A 25.91A 39.3A 45.9A 37.8A
Furniture and related product
manufacturing - 337
5.1A 5.1B 4.6C 18.99B 17.27B 20.11B 18.77B 17.12B 19.71B 35.1A 41.7B 38.5B
Service producing industries
- 41-91N
868.3A 863.6A 854.0A 19.91A 20.37A 20.61A 19.68A 20.12A 20.41A 28.6A 27.9A 27.9A
Trade - 41-45N 233.9A 231.0A 222.7A 16.72A 17.12A 17.27A 16.57A 16.91A 17.10A 27.9A 28.3A 28.7A
Wholesale trade - 41 41.0B 39.9B 34.1B 20.89B 21.00A 20.77A 20.53B 20.42A 20.27A 33.0A 34.4A 35.0A
Farm product wholesaler-distributors
- 411,4111
Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
Personal and household goods
wholesaler-distributors - 414
4.2D 4.1C 3.1D 17.35B 16.88B 16.64B 17.29B 16.80B 16.60B 30.6B 28.4B 31.5B
Motor vehicle and parts wholesaler-distributors
- 415
Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
Building material and supplies
wholesaler-distributors - 416
6.2D 6.2C 5.9C 19.03B 19.93B 21.55B 18.59B 19.66B 21.10B 33.8B 35.1B 36.8A
Machinery, equipment and supplies
wholesaler-distributors - 417
9.5Note E: Use with caution 7.5D 6.0D 32.38B 27.17B 27.74B 32.29B 25.81B 26.58B 32.5B 37.8B 36.8B
Miscellaneous wholesaler-distributors
- 418
5.8C 6.3C 5.1C 18.66B 18.80B 18.88B 18.56B 18.31C 18.53B 31.8B 33.1B 32.9A
Wholesale electronic markets,
and agents and brokers - 419,4191
Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 22.23B Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 22.23B Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 28.8D Note F: too unreliable to be published
Retail trade - 44-45 192.9A 191.1A 188.6A 15.63A 16.09A 16.46A 15.55A 16.02A 16.40A 26.8A 27.1A 27.6A
Motor vehicle and parts dealers
- 441
12.9B 13.7B 14.0B 20.00A 19.57A 19.58A 20.04A 19.47A 19.53A 34.2A 34.5A 36.6A
Furniture and home furnishings
stores - 442
4.3C 4.7B 5.1B 18.31C 17.29B 18.56C 18.24C 17.20B 18.51C 26.7B 27.8B 28.3B
Building material and garden
equipment and supplies dealers - 444
11.9B 12.9B 13.1B 17.20B 16.72A 17.44A 17.12B 16.64A 17.34A 30.2A 32.7A 31.6A
Food and beverage stores - 445 63.7A 63.1A 62.4A 14.18A 16.01A 16.04A 14.10A 15.96A 15.99A 28.2A 25.9A 27.1A
Gasoline stations - 447,4471 8.9A 8.3A 8.0A 14.63B 11.22B 11.57A 14.46B 11.16B 11.52A 26.9B 31.2A 31.0B
Sporting goods, hobby, book and
music stores - 451
8.4B 9.7A 9.9A 13.18A 15.09A 14.61A 13.15A 15.08A 14.48A 22.4B 22.9A 22.1A
General merchandise stores - 452 24.8A 22.5A 21.5A 14.96A 12.81A 13.80B 14.74A 12.77A 13.73B 24.3A 25.9A 27.0A
Miscellaneous store retailers
- 453
10.1A 10.8A 10.8A 13.52A 14.71B 13.90A 13.51A 14.67B 13.90A 24.3B 26.9A 27.7A
Non-store retailers - 454 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
Transportation and warehousing
- 48-49
43.5B 45.1B 43.3B 23.26A 23.83A 24.91A 22.84A 23.11A 24.36A 34.1A 35.0A 35.1A
Air transportation - 481 4.5D 4.6B 4.3C 24.05C 22.05B 24.74B 24.06C 21.80B 24.46B 29.0A 27.3A 27.6B
Rail transportation - 482,4821 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
Truck transportation - 484 9.2C 9.7D 10.1D 24.32B 26.30A 25.14B 23.92B 23.99A 24.10B 33.7A 36.6B 33.9A
Transit and ground passenger
transportation - 485
9.2A 10.9B 10.6B 24.97A 27.54A 22.85A 24.43A 27.30A 22.48A 34.4A 33.0A 37.8A
Support activities for transportation
- 488
6.9D 8.8C 3.7Note E: Use with caution 22.78A 19.66C 30.77B 22.32A 19.13C 29.47B 39.0A 38.3B 38.4C
Warehousing and storage - 493,4931 5.0C 4.8C 4.4C 18.87B 19.48B 21.53B 18.78B 18.77B 20.85B 35.4A 34.2A 35.2A
Information and cultural industries
- 51
11.4B 10.3C 9.2D 19.28A 25.39B 29.81B 19.06A 24.98B 29.56B 30.3A 31.4A 29.5B
Broadcasting (except Internet)
- 515
Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
Telecommunications - 517 2.4D Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 24.12B 25.82B 29.19D 23.88B 25.36B 28.86D 33.1A 40.3C 46.8D
Data processing, hosting, and
related services - 518,5182
Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 28.78C 30.16D Note F: too unreliable to be published 28.10C 27.63C Note F: too unreliable to be published 31.4C 38.3A Note F: too unreliable to be published
Other information services - 519,5191 Note F: too unreliable to be published 1.7D 2.0C Note F: too unreliable to be published 19.59B 22.49C Note F: too unreliable to be published 19.54B 22.44C Note F: too unreliable to be published 25.4B 20.6C
Finance and insurance - 52 23.6B 24.2B 20.9B 22.39A 23.62A 25.17A 22.25A 23.48A 25.00A 29.2A 30.4A 28.2A
Credit intermediation and related
activities - 522
14.3C 13.7C 12.4C 21.21A 22.28B 23.89B 21.15A 22.28B 23.91B 28.9A 27.7A 26.4A
Insurance carriers and related
activities - 524
5.8B 8.1C 7.0C 28.09A 25.30A 27.09A 27.72A 25.00A 26.77A 30.5A 33.3A 31.1A
Real estate and rental and
leasing - 53
12.5C 15.5C 17.2D 19.36A 19.62B 20.76B 19.16A 19.16B 20.63B 26.7B 28.8A 30.9B
Real estate - 531 6.8D 9.8D 11.7Note E: Use with caution 19.67B 19.37C 21.30B 19.55B 19.23C 21.26B 25.7C 27.1B 30.1B
Rental and leasing services - 532 5.5B 5.2B 4.9B 19.07A 20.47A 19.51A 18.77A 19.48A 19.15A 27.8B 32.4A 33.3A
Professional, scientific and
technical services - 54,541
32.1B 33.5B 30.8B 25.74A 25.88A 25.84A 25.30A 25.34A 25.42A 34.2A 33.0A 31.4A
Administrative and support,
waste management and remediation services - 56
61.3A 51.7C 50.3B 21.35A 20.70B 19.32A 21.16A 20.53B 19.13A 31.4A 29.3A 29.7A
Administrative and support services
- 561
58.3A 49.4C 45.9B 21.13A 20.44B 19.24A 20.95A 20.37B 19.09A 31.1A 28.6A 28.7A
Waste management and remediation
services - 562
Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
Educational services - 61,611 7.6B 8.2B 7.5B 19.60B 19.90A 20.12B 19.60B 19.90A 20.12B 15.6B 19.0B 18.6B
Education special - 611N 65.1B 59.4A 59.0B 24.08A 25.45A 25.70B 23.99A 25.38A 25.56B 30.8A 28.1A 29.3B
Health care and social assistance
- 62
180.0A 187.2A 185.2A 24.52A 25.79A 26.03A 24.26A 25.66A 25.89A 31.8A 28.3A 29.0A
Ambulatory health care services
- 621
43.0A 46.8A 46.9A 24.37A 25.71B 25.36A 24.25A 25.58B 25.27A 25.7A 26.7A 27.9A
Hospitals - 622 74.8A 74.8A 75.4A 26.44A 28.82A 29.43A 26.00A 28.66A 29.23A 38.1A 30.9A 32.0A
Nursing and residential care
facilities - 623
34.0B 39.9A 39.8A 22.60A 23.37A 22.61A 22.52A 23.28A 22.53A 28.8B 27.3A 27.8A
Social assistance - 624 28.3B Note F: too unreliable to be published 23.1B 20.18A Note F: too unreliable to be published 19.63A 20.17A Note F: too unreliable to be published 19.62A 27.8A Note F: too unreliable to be published 24.0B
Arts, entertainment and recreation
- 71
25.2A 24.3A 27.6A 15.59A 15.58A 15.14A 15.46A 15.56A 15.09A 23.7B 23.5B 21.9A
Performing arts, spectator sports
and related industries - 711
2.2D 2.5C 2.6D 14.69B 15.26B 16.79B 14.64B 15.23B 16.74B 24.3C 16.9C 19.1B
Amusement, gambling and recreation
industries - 713
21.6A Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 15.38A Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 15.23A Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 23.6B Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
Accommodation and food services
- 72
155.1A 152.2A 156.5A 12.61A 12.61A 13.13A 12.52A 12.58A 13.09A 23.1A 22.6A 22.1A
Accommodation services - 721 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 26.0A Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 16.20A Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 16.11A Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 25.2B
Food services and drinking places
- 722
127.7A 126.8A 130.6A 11.78A 12.11A 12.42A 11.70A 12.09A 12.38A 22.3A 22.1A 21.5A
Other services (except public
administration) - 81
40.2A 38.4B 36.8B 20.26A 20.83A 20.81A 19.85A 20.45A 20.41A 27.2A 29.1A 29.0A
Repair and maintenance - 811 14.4A 13.5B 13.6B 21.46A 23.44B 23.19B 20.61A 22.68B 22.56B 35.4B 35.2B 36.6B
Personal and laundry services
- 812
9.0C 10.3C 10.4B 14.79B 15.18A 16.58A 14.83B 15.15A 16.29A 24.8B 27.0A 26.5A
Grant-making, civic, and professional
and similar organizations excluding religion - 813
16.8B 14.6B 12.8C 21.95B 21.75B 20.72B 21.94B 21.70B 20.71B 21.5B 24.9A 22.9B
Public administration - 91 37.3B 36.3B 40.3B 25.83A 25.60A 25.82A 25.54A 25.35A 25.58A 32.4B 31.0A 31.6A
Local, municipal and regional
public administration - 913
31.6B 30.0B 33.5B 26.46A 26.42A 26.48A 26.15A 26.15A 26.21A 33.6B 32.2B 32.5B
Note(s):
Refer to survey overview