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Canadian salaries inch higher
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CBC News- The average weekly Canadian salary inched 0.3 per cent higher in June to $876.27, Canada's statistics agency says.
Statistics Canada said Thursday that the average non-farm employee payroll has increased by three per cent in the 12 months up to the end of June.
That's slightly ahead of Canada's official inflation rate, which eased to 2.7 per cent at the end of July.
The average salary increased, but it wasn't because people were simply working more. The average work week was 32.9 hours, unchanged from June 2010, Statistics Canada noted. Indeed, the average work week has now been unchanged for three consecutive months.
Paycheques got larger in every Canadian provinces, led by Alberta and British Columbia. The slowest growth was in Saskatchewan and Prince Edward Island.
The average weekly paycheque in Alberta was $1,041.45 in June, a five per cent increased compared to the same month in 2010.
Payroll employment increased by 63,600 from May to June, and by 258,100 (or 1.8 per cent) over the last 12 months.
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