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Average earnings of male and female employees in manufacturing, survey week 1956 to 1965, and percentage increases over previous year
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| Male | Female | Both sexes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average earnings | Increase over previous year | Average earnings | Increase over previous year | Average earnings | Increase over previous year | |
| $ | % | $ | % | $ | % | |
| Average hourly wages | ||||||
| 1956 | 1.66 | 5.7 | 1.00 | 5.3 | 1.53 | 6.2 |
| 1957 | 1.75 | 5.4 | 1.05 | 5.0 | 1.61 | 5.2 |
| 1958 | 1.80 | 2.9 | 1.08 | 2.9 | 1.65 | 2.5 |
| 1959 | 1.88 | 4.4 | 1.11 | 2.8 | 1.72 | 4.2 |
| 1960 | 1.93 | 2.7 | 1.14 | 2.7 | 1.77 | 2.9 |
| 1963 | 2.12 | 9.8 | 1.27 | 11.4 | 1.95 | 10.2 |
| 1964 | 2.21 | 4.2 | 1.32 | 3.9 | 2.02 | 3.6 |
| 1965 | 2.33 | 5.4 | 1.41 | 6.8 | 2.13 | 5.4 |
| Average weekly wages | ||||||
| 1956 | 70.67 | 5.7 | 39.29 | 4.7 | 63.97 | 5.7 |
| 1957 | 72.21 | 2.2 | 39.49 | 0.5 | 65.31 | 2.1 |
| 1958 | 75.03 | 3.9 | 41.90 | 6.1 | 67.85 | 3.9 |
| 1959 | 79.20 | 5.6 | 43.36 | 3.5 | 71.35 | 5.2 |
| 1960 | 80.34 | 1.4 | 43.96 | 1.4 | 72.39 | 1.5 |
| 1963 | 89.86 | 11.8 | 49.22 | 12.0 | 80.80 | 11.6 |
| 1964 | 94.00 | 3.3 | 51.41 | 4.4 | 84.35 | 4.4 |
| 1965 | 99.38 | 5.7 | 54.85 | 6.7 | 89.32 | 5.9 |
| Average weekly salaries | ||||||
| 1956 | 99.05 | 5.9 | 49.31 | 4.9 | 85.23 | 5.8 |
| 1957 | 104.63 | 5.6 | 51.84 | 5.1 | 89.92 | 5.5 |
| 1958 | 108.34 | 3.5 | 54.07 | 4.3 | 93.74 | 4.2 |
| 1959 | 112.78 | 4.1 | 55.73 | 3.1 | 97.10 | 3.6 |
| 1960 | 116.41 | 3.2 | 57.98 | 4.0 | 100.47 | 3.5 |
| 1963 | 128.50 | 10.4 | 64.17 | 10.7 | 111.29 | 10.8 |
| 1964 | 133.55 | 3.9 | 66.51 | 3.6 | 115.54 | 3.8 |
| 1965 | 139.00 | 4.1 | 69.31 | 4.2 | 120.27 | 4.1 |
| Note: Survey week is the last week of October. This survey was not conducted in 1961 and 1962. | ||||||
| Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Year Book, 1967. | ||||||
