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April 27, 2017EMPLOYMENT, EARNINGS AND HOURS, FEBRUARY 2017 
Nova Scotians' average weekly earnings (including overtime, seasonally adjusted) increased $6.89 per week (0.8 per cent) from revised January results to $859.48 in February 2017. The current level is up 0.9 per cent from its level in February of last year. Canadians' average weekly wages rose 0.1 per cent from January to $967.59 in February 2017, up 1.5 per cent from February of last year.
Nova Scotia average weekly wages have increased in two of the three months leading up to February.
In general, 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.
Across the country, monthly average wages were up for February in five provinces: Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Quebec, Ontario, and Manitoba.
Through the first two months of 2017, average weekly wages have been growing fastest in the Newfoundland and Labrador, Ontario, Manitoba, and British Columbia. Nova Scotia's average weekly wages have averaged 1.3 per cent above the levels reported for the same months in 2016. Average weekly wages declined in Alberta.
In February 2017, average weekly earnings increased 6.4 per cent in Nova Scotia's goods sectors while service sector average wages decreased 0.3 per cent.
On a year-to-date basis, average weekly earnings are 1.3 per cent higher in the first two months of 2017, with a 6.6 per cent increase in the goods sector and a 0.2 per cent increase in the services-producing sector. Increases are largest in the administrative and support services, real estate and rental and leasing, and and finance and insurance sectors.
Source: Statistics Canada, Survey of Employment, Payroll, and Hours. CANSIM Table 281-0063, 281-0049
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