Workers were slightly better off during November than the same month the year before.
Figures released Thursday morning by Statistics Canada revealed that Average weekly earnings of non-farm payroll employees were $961 in November, up 0.8% from both the previous month and November 2015.
The agency maintains that changes in weekly earnings reflect a number of factors, including wage growth, changes in the composition of employment by industry, occupation and level of job experience, and average hours worked per week.
On the latter score, StatsCan says that, in November, non-farm payroll employees worked an average of 32.8 hours per week, up from 32.6 hours the previous month, but down from 33.0 hours 12 months earlier.
In the 12 months to November, average weekly earnings rose in five of the 10 largest industrial sectors, led by educational services, health-care and social assistance as well as manufacturing. Over the same period, average weekly earnings decreased in administrative and support services as well as in professional, scientific and technical services. There was little or no change among the remaining large sectors.
