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Statistics of salaries and wages paid in the forty leading industries, 1934, together with comparative figures of average salaries and wages paid in 1933, and totals and averages paid in previous representative years

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Statistics of salaries and wages paid in the forty leading industries, 1934, together with comparative figures of average salaries and wages paid in 1933, and totals and averages paid in previous representative years
  Salaries
  Salaried employees     Average salaries
  Male Female Both Total salaries 1934 1933 1933/1934
  number $
Pulp and paper 2,684 490 - 7,148,763 2,252 2,191 -
Printing and publishing 5,733 1,838 - 10,962,226 1,448 1,469 -
Central electric stations 4,924 1,364 - 10,434,613 1,659 1,643 -
Railway rolling-stock 1,178 67 - 2,424,846 1,948 1,960 -
Bread and other bakery products 2,211 555 - 2,669,156 965 900 -
Electrical apparatus 2,729 978 - 6,473,422 1,746 1,807 -
Sawmills 2,251 165 - 1,883,809 780 651 -
Cotton yarn and cloth 455 145 - 1,192,829 1,988 1,957 -
Clothing, factory, women's 1,486 812 - 3,575,926 1,556 1,488 -
Hosiery and knitted goods 877 591 - 2,636,187 1,796 1,759 -
Castings and forgings 1,513 425 - 3,293,922 1,700 1,680 -
Butter and cheese 3,391 715 - 3,933,099 958 970 -
Printing and bookbinding 2,477 685 - 4,869,537 1,540 1,551 -
Automobiles 1,346 427 - 3,532,018 1,992 2,012 -
Slaughtering and meat packing 2,057 308 - 4,027,768 1,703 1,645 -
Non-ferrous metal smelting 737 112 - 1,842,449 2,170 2,154 -
Rubber goods including footwear 1,267 394 - 2,884,461 1,736 1,698 -
Boots and shoes, leather 1,017 399 - 2,306,990 1,629 1,615 -
Primary iron and steel 490 96 - 1,269,620 2,166 2,090 -
Biscuits, confectionery 1,680 471 - 3,630,738 1,688 1,641 -
Machinery 1,481 434 - 2,974,472 1,553 1,591 -
Clothing, factory, men's 1,118 388 - 2,088,247 1,387 1,420 -
Silk and artificial silk 619 293 - 1,559,068 1,709 1,925 -
Tobacco, cigars and cigarettes 1,595 519 - 3,424,326 1,620 1,723 -
Petroleum products 657 94 - 1,440,983 1,919 1,976 -
Sheet metal products 937 271 - 2,010,565 1,664 1,612 -
Coke and gas products 932 338 - 2,056,736 1,619 1,587 -
Breweries 816 150 - 2,114,464 2,189 2,338 -
Automobile supplies 470 194 - 1,155,331 1,740 1,700 -
Furnishing goods, men's 609 269 - 1,406,791 1,602 1,631 -
Flour and feed mills 1,693 175 - 2,044,581 1,094 1,089 -
Boxes and bags, paper 667 258 - 1,867,148 2,018 2,013 -
Fruit and vegetable preparations 647 202 - 1,270,970 1,497 1,476 -
Medicinal and pharmaceutical preparations 971 496 - 2,619,210 1,785 1,860 -
Brass and copper products 694 169 - 1,455,322 1,686 1,626 -
Paints, pigments, etc. 932 261 - 2,252,291 1,888 1,859 -
Leather tanneries 285 67 - 815,056 2,315 2,228 -
Sugar refineries 297 62 - 985,447 2,745 2,985 -
Fish curing and packing 481 67 - 676,124 1,234 1,181 -
Coffee, tea and spices 651 175 - 1,426,800 1,727 1,920 -
Total, forty leading industries 57,055 15,919 - 116,636,311 - - -
Grand total, all industries              
1934 77,721 22,009 - 160,986,876 - - 1,614
1933 73,909 20,585 - 151,869,323 - - 1,607
1932 71,364 20,706 - 164,695,605 - - 1,732
1931 77,576 22,222 - 186,810,791 - - 1,872
1930 70,525 22,418 - 184,239,117 - - 1,982
1929 73,792 22,815 - 188,747,672 - - 1,954
1926 63,481 18,313 - 152,705,944 - - 1,867
1924 59,412 16,818 - 139,614,639 - - 1,831
1922 - - 76,040 136,219,171 - - 1,791
1920 - - 83,015 148,267,360 - - 1,786
1917 - - 68,726 89,287,158 - - 1,299
Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Year Book, 1937.