Nova Scotia's employees were earning an average of 25.98 Canadian dollars an hour in the goods producing industries and 23.51 Canadian dollars an hour in the service producing industries in 2020. In Nova Scotia, 2001 had the lowest average hourly earnings for both goods and service producing industries at 17.01 and 13.94 Canadian dollars an hour respectively.
Average hourly earnings for employees paid by the hour in Nova Scotia from 2001 to 2020, by industry type
(in Canadian dollars)
earnings data are based on gross payroll before source deductions
Supplementary notes
The source made this statement about the referenced industries: "Industry estimates in this table are based on the 2017 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)"
Adapted from Statistics Canada, statcan.gc.ca, 2001 to 2020. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
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