Average weekly earnings (including overtime) for all employees, May 2013 — seasonally adjusted

current dollars

change in current dollars

% change

Sector aggregate¹

$892.43

$906.24

$914.68

$8.44

$22.25

0.9

2.5

Forestry, logging and support

$950.77

$1,047.23

$1,055.17

$7.94

$104.40

0.8

11.0

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

$1,766.99

$1,821.01

$1,792.36

-$28.65

$25.37

-1.6

1.4

Utilities

$1,737.74

$1,597.99

$1,591.37

-$6.62

-$146.37

-0.4

-8.4

Construction

$1,131.39

$1,169.23

$1,201.30

$32.07

$69.91

2.7

6.2

Manufacturing

$1,002.19

$1,017.56

$1,008.28

-$9.28

$6.09

-0.9

0.6

Wholesale trade

$1,039.69

$1,071.11

$1,079.33

$8.22

$39.64

0.8

3.8

Retail trade

$533.50

$523.04

$534.31

$11.27

$0.81

2.2

0.2

Transportation and warehousing

$912.36

$956.00

$994.51

$38.51

$82.15

4.0

9.0

Information and cultural industries

$1,093.15

$1,110.81

$1,116.08

$5.27

$22.93

0.5

2.1

Finance and insurance

$1,078.06

$1,121.39

$1,138.95

$17.56

$60.89

1.6

5.6

Real estate and rental and leasing

$865.34

$857.97

$868.83

$10.86

$3.49

1.3

0.4

Professional, scientific and technical services

$1,236.72

$1,287.93

$1,279.32

-$8.61

$42.60

-0.7

3.4

Management of companies and enterprises

$1,193.26

$1,212.12

$1,173.05

-$39.07

-$20.21

-3.2

-1.7

Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

$728.01

$739.00

$769.46

$30.46

$41.45

4.1

5.7

Educational services

$998.06

$1,009.07

$992.24

-$16.83

-$5.82

-1.7

-0.6

Health care and social assistance

$799.87

$823.27

$824.93

$1.66

$25.06

0.2

3.1

Arts, entertainment and recreation

$546.63

$558.43

$556.83

-$1.60

$10.20

-0.3

1.9

Accommodation and food services

$366.67

$360.71

$370.88

$10.17

$4.21

2.8

1.1

Other services (excluding public administration)

$749.20

$739.75

$772.42

$32.67

$23.22

4.4

3.1

Public administration

$1,141.44

$1,170.68

$1,177.00

$6.32

$35.56

0.5

3.1

Provinces and territories

Newfoundland and Labrador

$916.76

$944.95

$939.59

-$5.36

$22.83

-0.6

2.5

Prince Edward Island

$743.48

$752.37

$771.00

$18.63

$27.52

2.5

3.7

Nova Scotia

$788.86

$791.64

$805.61

$13.97

$16.75

1.8

2.1

New Brunswick

$810.98

$806.03

$821.06

$15.03

$10.08

1.9

1.2

Quebec

$831.47

$826.73

$841.10

$14.37

$9.63

1.7

1.2

Ontario

$905.56

$916.56

$921.88

$5.32

$16.32

0.6

1.8

Manitoba

$822.43

$833.59

$838.54

$4.95

$16.11

0.6

2.0

Saskatchewan

$898.69

$938.08

$941.53

$3.45

$42.84

0.4

4.8

Alberta

$1,062.24

$1,099.83

$1,113.94

$14.11

$51.70

1.3

4.9

British Columbia

$859.43

$872.11

$881.23

$9.12

$21.80

1.0

2.5

Yukon

$981.09

$995.22

$964.18

-$31.04

-$16.91

-3.1

-1.7

Northwest Territories

$1,290.19

$1,277.83

$1,285.65

$7.82

-$4.54

0.6

-0.4

Nunavut

$952.30

$975.43

$998.52

$23.09

$46.22

2.4

4.9