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Table 2
Average hourly wages for hourly paid employees in various manufacturing industries

  2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
2007 $
Textile mills 16.31 15.92 17.54 17.63 16.87 15.65
Clothing manufacturing 12.69 12.64 14.10 13.82 14.73 13.60
Transportation equipment manufacturing 26.57 26.46 26.61 26.31 26.17 26.48
Motor vehicle manufacturing 32.61 32.99 32.11 31.38 32.25 32.49
Motor vehicle parts manufacturing 25.04 24.56 24.76 24.55 24.43 25.13
Aerospace product and parts manufacturing 24.53 24.87 26.23 26.33 25.63 26.35
Furniture and related product manufacturing 18.44 18.14 19.00 19.67 19.55 19.37
Household and institutional furniture
and kitchen cabinet manufacturing		 17.78 17.59 18.81 19.57 19.48 19.08
Source: Statistics Canada, Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours.