Table 3
Annual earnings during first two full years in Canada (in 2005 constant dollars)

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Annual earnings during first two full years in Canada (in 2005 constant dollars)
Entering cohort Relative earnings Total annual earnings
Immigrants to Canadian born All immigrants Skilled principal applicants Spouses and dependents in the skilled class Family class Refugees
All Information technology/ engineers Others
  ratio thousands of dollars
Men  
1991 0.54 23.8 30.9 40.9 29.8 25.1 21.2 17.8
1992 0.52 22.8 32.5 37.2 32.2 24.2 20.2 16.5
1993 0.54 23.5 36.1 37.0 36.1 24.2 20.5 16.7
1994 0.55 24.5 35.4 35.9 35.4 24.2 20.3 15.8
1995 0.55 24.6 33.0 36.9 30.8 22.7 20.2 16.8
1996 0.57 25.3 32.7 36.9 29.8 21.7 21.6 17.6
1997 0.57 25.8 32.5 37.5 28.3 21.7 22.3 17.3
1998 0.60 27.8 33.9 40.7 28.0 22.6 23.2 17.8
1999 0.62 29.3 35.6 40.6 29.5 25.3 24.5 19.5
2000 0.65 31.4 38.1 42.0 33.4 25.7 25.5 19.7
2001 0.62 29.8 34.5 36.5 32.0 24.3 25.4 19.0
2002 0.54 26.1 29.2 28.2 30.0 21.5 23.8 18.2
2003 0.54 25.8 28.6 27.7 29.2 20.6 24.3 18.2
2004 0.54 26.0 28.1 26.5 29.8 20.2 26.9 19.8
Women  
1991 0.61 16.6 25.0 32.4 25.5 15.5 15.3 11.9
1992 0.59 16.5 21.5 32.5 21.6 15.6 14.7 11.6
1993 0.58 16.1 22.3 32.3 22.0 14.6 14.2 11.2
1994 0.56 16.0 23.2 36.4 21.4 15.5 13.8 11.3
1995 0.56 15.8 22.5 31.4 20.8 14.5 13.8 11.9
1996 0.56 15.8 22.3 29.6 20.5 15.0 13.9 10.9
1997 0.56 16.0 21.9 32.8 19.1 14.2 14.8 11.8
1998 0.57 16.7 24.8 37.6 21.5 14.4 14.9 10.9
1999 0.60 18.0 25.9 34.2 21.6 16.5 15.7 11.9
2000 0.59 18.3 28.1 34.8 24.7 16.0 16.2 11.5
2001 0.57 17.8 27.0 29.5 25.6 15.4 14.9 11.4
2002 0.53 16.6 23.3 23.2 23.0 13.9 14.6 12.1
2003 0.51 16.2 21.9 21.5 21.8 14.2 14.2 12.4
2004 0.53 17.1 23.6 21.3 24.1 14.1 15.3 13.5
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Longitudinal Administrative Databank and Longitudinal Immigration Database.