Canadian average weekly earnings, including overtime, of employees was $823 in June 2009, up 1.8% from June 2008.

In the largest industrial sectors, from June 2008 to June 2009, average weekly earnings were up by 6.0% in health care and social assistance, 3.4% in public administration, 2.8% in retail trade and 0.1% in accommodation & food services.

For the same year-over-year period, average weekly earnings fell 5.4% in manufacturing and 2.4% in educational services.

Provincially, the strongest year-over-year earnings growth occurred in Prince Edward Island (+6.5%), Newfoundland & Labrador (+4.9%) and Alberta (+4.3%).

Hours Worked
Compared with a year earlier, the total hours worked by hourly paid employees in Canada fell by 1.8% in June. Since the the growth in total hours worked by hourly paid employees, including overtime, peaked in October 2008, year-over-year growth in hours worked has slowed, slipping into negative territory in May and June.

Canadian Average Weekly Earnings By Province
June 2009

Canadian Average Weekly Earnings By Industry
June 2009

Data from Statistics Canada

4 Sep 2009