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Average wage and salary rates for selected occupations in certain cities across Canada, October 1, 1965

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Average wage and salary rates for selected occupations in certain cities across Canada, October 1, 1965
	Halifax, N.S.	Saint John, N.B.	Sherbrooke, Que.	Montreal, Que.	Toronto, Ont.	Hamilton, Ont.
	$ per hour
Construction (building and structures only)
Bricklayer and mason	2.68	2.55	2.55	3.12	3.65	3.55
Carpenter and joiner	2.42	2.20	2.35	2.91	3.38	3.58
Electrician	2.65	2.20	2.30	3.20	4.10	3.85
Painter and glazier	2.15	2.08	2.25	2.81	3.00	2.90
Plasterer	2.69	2.35	2.55	3.12	3.45	3.45
Plumber and steamfitter	2.72	2.30	2.60	3.25	4.00	3.80
Sheet metal worker	2.46	1.95	2.60	2.91	3.79	3.60
Labourer	1.81	1.25	1.95	2.26	2.40	2.20
Truck driver	1.85	1.30	1.95	2.26	2.40	2.20
Manufacturing and other industries¹
General labourer, male	1.68	1.57	1.53	1.73	1.94	2.06
Maintenance trades
Carpenter	2.23	2.07	2.00	2.37	2.47	2.68
Electrician	2.42	2.30	2.11	2.55	2.78	2.91
Machinist	2.44	2.22	2.05	2.54	2.69	2.94
Mechanic	2.11	2.11	2.10	0.44	2.58	2.81
Millwright	2.55	2.41	1.91	0.46	2.67	2.71
Pipefitter	2.53	2.36	1.96	0.58	2.63	2.81
Tool and die maker	2.55	2.24	-	0.62	2.89	2.84
Welder	2.35	2.12	2.02	2.38	2.49	2.79
Service Occupations
Truck driver, light and heavy	1.73	1.61	1.69	1.95	2.11	2.14
Tracker, power	1.70	2.98	1.58	2.10	2.30	2.41
	$ per week
Office occupations, male
Bookkeeper, senior	99	102	103	111	113	117
Clerk, intermediate	72	76	80	80	82	90
Clerk, senior	101	101	101	106	108	114
Order clerk	77	77	82	88	92	100
Draughtsman, intermediate	92	100	95	107	104	101
Draughtsman, senior	111	125	130	135	130	124
Office occupations, female
Clerk, intermediate	53	54	57	67	69	67
Machine operator
Bookkeeping	55	54	52	63	67	63
Calculating	57	45	48	65	67	66
Payroll clerk	58	63	54	71	73	67
Secretary, senior	73	73	71	89	87	86
Stenographer, junior	51	52	52	63	64	63
Stenographer, senior	65	63	66	76	75	75
Switchboard operator and receptionist	53	51	54	63	66	63
Typist, junior	48	46	43	55	58	57
Typist, senior	54	55	59	66	68	67
1. "Other Industries" consists of logging, mining, transportation (all sectors including air transportation), storage and communication (including radio and TV), public utilities, trade, finance, and government and personal service.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Year Book, 1967.