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"The average weekly earnings of payroll employees (seasonally adjusted) increased $1.06 (+0.1%) from a month earlier to $764.12 in February.", pronounced Stats Canada, and that is a good thing. Given that employment is also increasing in Canada as well, that is a good thing!

The number they quote is a little weird $764 a month is only about $9,000 per year, but I think it is a composite of ALL incomes, so it includes part time and high school students and such. Have a look at this table it is fascinating to read (and reprinted without permission, so check out the Stats Canada version as well):

Average weekly earnings (including overtime) for all employees
Industry group (North American Industry Classification System)	February 2006	January 2007r	February 2007p	January to February 2007	February 2006 to February 2007	Year-to-date average 20071
	Seasonally adjusted
	$			% change
Industrial aggregate	740.18	763.06	764.12	0.1	3.2	3.1
Forestry, logging and support	959.52	979.32	989.48	1.0	3.1	2.8
Mining and oil and gas	1,335.90	1,393.04	1,391.25	-0.1	4.1	4.4
Utilities	1,081.69	1,100.87	1,103.97	0.3	2.1	2.2
Construction	898.07	907.34	915.17	0.9	1.9	1.6
Manufacturing	898.52	926.29	923.17	-0.3	2.7	2.8
Wholesale trade	862.76	898.54	907.21	1.0	5.2	4.8
Retail trade	484.30	485.67	490.96	1.1	1.4	0.8
Transportation and warehousing	785.75	795.32	798.40	0.4	1.6	1.5
Information and cultural industries	922.40	957.50	955.35	-0.2	3.6	3.8
Finance and insurance	939.81	979.76	989.95	1.0	5.3	4.5
Real estate and rental and leasing	664.63	702.50	704.60	0.3	6.0	5.8
Professional, scientific and technical services	949.91	976.26	975.32	-0.1	2.7	2.4
Management of companies and enterprises	968.92	915.36	929.31	1.5	-4.1	-4.2
Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services	586.38	645.60	641.63	-0.6	9.4	9.6
Educational services	816.98	821.46	815.54	-0.7	-0.2	0.4
Health care and social assistance	672.95	695.29	694.58	-0.1	3.2	3.1
Arts, entertainment and recreation	429.46	440.95	441.21	0.1	2.7	1.8
Accommodation and food services	292.00	325.55	319.69	-1.8	9.5	10.9
Other services (excluding public administration)	568.73	598.23	596.57	-0.3	4.9	5.3
Public administration	916.35	949.24	957.31	0.9	4.5	4.1
Provinces and territories
Newfoundland and Labrador	683.04	702.86	704.23	0.2	3.1	3.0
Prince Edward Island	599.78	625.02	632.08	1.1	5.4	4.8
Nova Scotia	652.15	666.77	669.56	0.4	2.7	2.4
New Brunswick	678.46	696.84	702.26	0.8	3.5	3.3
Quebec	692.66	707.63	716.07	1.2	3.4	3.1
Ontario	778.35	798.01	798.69	0.1	2.6	2.5
Manitoba	669.43	686.10	696.29	1.5	4.0	3.4
Saskatchewan	683.79	710.55	714.78	0.6	4.5	3.8
Alberta	789.17	827.45	829.53	0.3	5.1	5.2
British Columbia	735.61	752.65	750.41	-0.3	2.0	2.2
Yukon	848.16	856.85	862.48	0.7	1.7	1.2
Northwest Territories2	984.19	970.46	981.29	1.1	-0.3	0.1
Nunavut2	877.55	924.92	937.97	1.4	6.9	5.3
r revised p preliminary 1. Rate of change for the first month of 2007 compared to the same month for 2006. 2. Data not seasonally adjusted.

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