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January 26, 2017EMPLOYMENT, EARNINGS AND HOURS, NOVEMBER 2016 
Nova Scotians' average weekly earnings (including overtime, seasonally adjusted) increased $13.26 per week (0.8 per cent) from revised October results to $847.27 in November 2016. The current level is 1.5 per cent higher than its level in November of last year. Canadians' average weekly wages also increased 0.8 per cent from October to $960.60 in November 2016, up 0.8 per cent from its level in November of last year.
Nova Scotia average weekly wages increased five of the six previous months.
Through the first eleven months of 2016, average weekly wages have been growing fastest in the Maritime provinces. Nova Scotia's average weekly wages have averaged 1.6 per cent above the levels reported for the same months in 2015. Only New Brunswick (2.4 per cent) and Prince Edward Island (2.3 per cent) report faster growth than in Nova Scotia.
Average weekly wage growth is slower, but still positive in Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and British Columbia. Average weekly wages are down in Alberta as well as in Newfoundland and Labrador.
In November 2016, average weekly earnings increased 3.7 per cent in Nova Scotia's goods sectors and 0.3 per cent in Nova Scotia's service sectors.
On a year-to-date basis, average weekly earnings are 1.6 per cent higher in the first eleven months of 2016, with a 0.2 per cent increase in goods sector and a 1.9 per cent increase in the services-producing sector. Increases are largest in the real estate and rental and leasing, management of companies and enterprises, and education services sectors.
EMPLOYMENT
In November 2016, Nova Scotia had 402,570 payroll employees, a 0.1 per cent increase from October, and 0.3 per cent below levels observed in November of last year. Canada had 16.0 million employees, up 0.2 per cent from October 2016, and 1.2 per cent above levels observed in November 2015.
On a year-to-date basis, Nova Scotia has averaged 402,451 payroll employees, up 0.1 per cent from the same period in 2015. This increase in payroll employment of 254 persons is largely attributable to an increase at unclassified businesses. Among classified businesses, payroll employment is down for both goods (-1.0 per cent) and services (-0.3 per cent) sectors.
REFERENCE TABLES - YEAR TO DATE FIGURES (Jan-Nov)
Source: Statistics Canada, Survey of Employment, Payroll, and Hours. CANSIM Table 281-0063, 281-0049
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