Table 6
Real hourly wages (2010 dollars) of women employed full-time, by age, 1981 to 2011
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Age group | Column 2 divided by Column 4 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
17 to 24 | 25 to 34 | 35 to 44 | 45 to 54 | 55 to 64 | ||
Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 | Column 5 | Column 6 | |
dollars | ratio | |||||
Median hourly wages | ||||||
Year | ||||||
1981 | 13.44 | 17.09 | 17.13 | 15.98 | 16.36 | 1.07 |
1989 | 11.34 | 17.13 | 18.04 | 16.98 | 17.09 | 1.01 |
1998 | 10.85 | 17.46 | 18.97 | 19.42 | 17.86 | 0.90 |
2001 | 11.32 | 17.87 | 19.06 | 19.55 | 17.87 | 0.91 |
2008 | 12.25 | 19.14 | 20.42 | 20.42 | 19.91 | 0.94 |
2011 | 12.57 | 19.37 | 21.22 | 20.86 | 20.22 | 0.93 |
percent change | ||||||
Period | ||||||
1981 to 2001 | -15.8 | 4.6 | 11.2 | 22.3 | 9.2 | … |
2001 to 2011 | 11.1 | 8.4 | 11.4 | 6.7 | 13.1 | … |
1981 to 2011 | -6.5 | 13.3 | 23.9 | 30.5 | 23.6 | … |
1981 to 1998 | -19.3 | 2.2 | 10.7 | 21.5 | 9.2 | … |
1998 to 2011 | 15.9 | 10.9 | 11.9 | 7.4 | 13.2 | … |
dollars | ratio | |||||
Average hourly wages | ||||||
Year | ||||||
1981 | 14.42 | 18.49 | 19.07 | 17.64 | 17.81 | 1.05 |
1989 | 12.82 | 18.16 | 20.18 | 18.64 | 18.37 | 0.97 |
1998 | 12.12 | 18.55 | 20.41 | 21.22 | 19.50 | 0.87 |
2001 | 12.58 | 19.27 | 20.64 | 21.29 | 20.15 | 0.91 |
2008 | 13.62 | 20.64 | 22.28 | 22.73 | 22.54 | 0.91 |
2011 | 13.85 | 21.11 | 23.82 | 23.41 | 23.12 | 0.90 |
percent change | ||||||
Period | ||||||
1981 to 2001 | -12.8 | 4.3 | 8.2 | 20.7 | 13.1 | … |
2001 to 2011 | 10.1 | 9.5 | 15.4 | 9.9 | 14.7 | … |
1981 to 2011 | -3.9 | 14.2 | 24.9 | 32.7 | 29.8 | … |
1981 to 1998 | -15.9 | 0.4 | 7.0 | 20.3 | 9.5 | … |
1998 to 2011 | 14.2 | 13.8 | 16.7 | 10.3 | 18.5 | … |
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, 1981 Survey of Work History, 1984 Survey of Union Membership, 1986 to 1990 Labour Market Activity Survey, 1997 to 2011 Labour Force Survey, and Consumer Price Index (All-items).
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