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Earnings at regular work, by class of occupation, 1901

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Earnings at regular work, by class of occupation, 1901
  Regular work Total earnings Average earnings
  Males Females Males Females Males Females
  number $
Agricultural 72,696 92 15,088,523 13,453 207.55 146.23
Domestic and personal 140,978 67,752 38,411,472 9,285,169 272.46 137.05
Fisheries 7,372 - 1,513,931 - 205.36 -
Forestry and lumbering 16,438 - 5,014,821 - 305.07 -
Manufacturing 226,001 49,662 91,110,433 9,597,784 403.14 193.26
Mining 23,898 - 12,278,110 - 513.77 -
Miscellaneous 523 - 202,745 - 387.65 -
Professional 29,574 22,110 20,018,090 5,731,011 676.88 259.20
Trade and transportation 144,005 13,829 72,466,667 3,296,776 503.22 238.39
Totals 661,485 153,445 256,104,792 27,924,193
Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Year Book, 1907.