In December, the average weekly earnings of payroll employees (seasonally adjusted) increased 0.1% to $757.27 from November. This leaves the year-to-date growth in earnings at 3.0%. This rate of change is obtained by comparing the 12-month average for 2006 with that of 2005, and is subject to revision for next month’s release.
In Canada’s largest industrial sectors, year-to-date earnings growth as of December was 3.6% for health and social assistance, 3.1% for educational services and 2.4% for manufacturing. There were 14,167,900 payroll jobs in Canada in December, an increase of 51,500 employees (+0.4%) from November. Most of the provinces showed increases in employment from November to December, with the largest percentage increases recorded in Alberta (+1.1%), Nova-Scotia (+0.6%), and New Brunswick (+0.6%).
The average hourly earnings for hourly paid employees edged up 0.1% in December to $18.58. The average weekly hours for hourly paid employees remained unchanged at 31.8 hours. Source.
