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Table 6 Hourly earnings by education

	1997/1998	2006/2007	Change	1997/1998	2006/2007	Change
	Mean			Median
	2002 $		%	2002 $		%
Men under 35
Less than high school	12.19	12.29	0.8	10.97	10.78	-1.7
High school graduate	14.10	14.47	2.7	12.92	13.33	3.1
Trades certificate or diploma	16.84	17.93	6.5	16.11	16.68	3.5
Post-secondary education	15.93	16.54	3.8	14.66	15.12	3.2
Bachelor degree	20.55	21.58	5.0	19.49	20.22	3.8
Graduate degree	24.09	24.55	1.9	23.04	23.36	1.4
Men 35 to 64
Less than high school	17.23	17.13	-0.6	16.56	16.10	-2.8
High school graduate	20.08	19.67	-2.0	19.30	18.38	-4.7
Trades certificate or diploma	21.26	21.15	-0.5	21.23	20.35	-4.1
Post-secondary education	22.87	22.75	-0.5	22.08	21.27	-3.6
Bachelor degree	27.75	27.95	0.7	27.17	26.78	-1.5
Graduate degree	31.46	30.78	-2.2	31.18	30.05	-3.6
Women under 35
Less than high school	9.59	9.60	0.1	8.33	8.17	-2.0
High school graduate	11.67	11.63	-0.4	10.33	10.11	-2.1
Trades certificate or diploma	12.65	13.46	6.4	11.35	12.49	10.0
Post-secondary education	13.95	14.44	3.5	12.86	13.48	4.8
Bachelor degree	18.39	19.26	4.8	17.70	18.35	3.6
Graduate degree	21.51	22.44	4.3	20.88	21.82	4.5
Women 35 to 64
Less than high school	11.91	12.10	1.7	11.04	10.79	-2.2
High school graduate	15.05	15.29	1.6	14.35	14.14	-1.5
Trades certificate or diploma	14.89	15.51	4.2	14.12	14.32	1.5
Post-secondary education	18.05	18.58	2.9	17.06	17.11	0.3
Bachelor degree	23.41	23.78	1.6	23.28	22.75	-2.3
Graduate degree	27.15	27.45	1.1	27.21	27.33	0.4
Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey, January to November.