The following is excerpted from a 25 August 2011 release by Statistics Canada.

In June, average weekly earnings of non-farm payroll employees increased 0.3% from the previous month to $876.27. On a year-over-year basis, average weekly earnings were 3.0% higher compared with June 2010.

The 3.0% increase reflects a number of factors, such as wage growth and changes in the composition of employment by industry, by occupation and by level of job experience...

This release is available in its entirety on the Statistics Canada website at:

http://www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-quotidien/110825/dq110825a-eng.htm

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