Average weekly earnings for many employees are up compared to a year ago, according to Statistics Canada.

From October 2015 to November, average weekly earnings went up by only $3, but compared to last year, they increased by 1.4 per cent.

In that year, average weekly earnings increased in five of the 10 largest industrial sectors, with the largest increase in administrative and support services.

Average earnings in both sectors rose 5.2 percent to $792 per week.

Over the same period of time little changed in other sectors like accommodation, food services, construction, retail, and education.

Compared with November 2014, weekly earnings in manufacturing increased 2.5 per cent to $1,079. The largest gains were in the manufacturing of plastics and rubber products, wood products and chemicals.

In a year, average weekly earnings grew 2.3 per cent to $1,232 in public administration. Earnings growth was led by local, municipal, and regional public administration.

Earnings for people working in science and technology rose by 2.2 per cent to $1,339 in the 12 months to November. Gains were reported in most of these industries, led by advertising, public relations and related services.

Average weekly earnings in health care and social assistance increased 1.3 per cent to $870, led by gains in hospitals and ambulatory health care services.

In the opposite direction, earnings in the mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction sector fell 5.6 per cent to $1,967.

In a year, the number of non-farm payroll employees increased by 137,600, or just less than one per cent.

The number of payroll jobs increased the most in health care and social assistance, by 2.5 per cent, and accommodation and food services, by 2.7 per cent.

At the same time, employment declined in mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction, by over 14 per cent, and construction, by just over 2 per cent.