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Thomas Storring	Director – Economics and Statistics
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March 31, 2015
EMPLOYMENT, EARNINGS AND HOURS, JANUARY 2015

Nova Scotians' average weekly earnings (including overtime, seasonally adjusted) increased 0.8 percent from December 2014 to $836.03 in January 2015, and was 3.6 per cent above the level in January of last year. Canadians' average weekly wages increased 0.4 per cent from December to $947.68 in January 2015, a 3.0 percent increase over January 2014.



This month, all provinces with the exception of Newfoundland and Labrador (-1.8%), Quebec (-1.5%) and Saskatchewan (-0.4%) saw increases in average weekly earnings on a monthly basis. On a year-over-year basis, all provinces average wages increased with Saskatchewan growing the most, at 4.9 percent year over year.



In January 2015, earnings in goods producing industries in Nova Scotia increased 0.3 percent on a month to month basis, and increased 1.1 percent year-over-year. Service producing industries wages increased 0.9 percent month to month, and increased 4.1 percent compared to January 2014 (all figures are seasonally adjusted).

EMPLOYMENT

In January 2015, Nova Scotia had 402,673 employees, an increase of 0.7 percent compared to last month, and 1.1 percent higher than a year ago. Canada had 15.7 million employees, 0.3 per cent more compared to a month earlier, and 1.3 percent higher than a year ago.

 

REFERENCE TABLES

Source: Statistics Canada, Survey of Employment, Payroll, and Hours. CANSIM Table 281-0063