Canadian Wages Grow Strongly In Services

 
 
November 4th, 2008 • Related • Filed Under

The average Canadian weekly earnings of employees stood at $792.56 (£430.51) in August, up 0.2 percent from July. Compared with a year earlier, average weekly earnings were up 2.8 percent.

In August, earnings increased the most in the accommodation & food services sector (up by 8.6 percent annually). Health and social assistance, educational services and retail trade earnings all increased annually by over 4 percent.

Alberta and Saskatchewan had the strongest year-over-year earnings growth of all provinces at 4.9 percent and 4,8 percent respectively.

Canadian Average Weekly Earnings By Province
August 2008

Province
 Average Weekly Earnings $ (£)
Newfoundland and Labrador 744 (£404.13)
Prince Edward Island 652 (£354.16)
Nova Scotia 689 (£374.25)
New Brunswick 731 (£397.07)
Quebec 732 (£397.61)
Ontario 826 (£448.67)
Manitoba 727 (£394.89)
Saskatchewan 760 (£412.82)
Alberta 872 (£473.66)
British Columbia 787 (£427.49)

Canadian Average Weekly Earnings By Industry
August 2008

Industry
 Average Weekly Earnings $ (£)
Forestry & logging 1019 (£553.50)
Mining, oil & gas 1534 (£833.24)
Utilities 1177 (£639.33)
Construction 955 (£518.74)
Manufacturing 955 (£518.74)
Wholesale trade 925 (£502.44)
Retail trade 510 (£277.02)
Transportation & warehousing 821 (£445.95)
Information & cultural industries 1006 (£546.44)
Finance & insurance 1025 (£556.76)
Real estate, rental & leasing 718 (£390.01)
Professional, scientific & technical services 1005 (£545.90)
Management of companies & enterprises 964 (£523.63)
Health care & social assistance 741 (£402.50)
Arts, entertainment & recreation 493 (£267.79)
Accommodation & food services 346 (£187.94)
Educational services 858 (£466.05)
Public administration 965 (£524.17)

£1 = $1.841CAN

 

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