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Table 4 Education makes a difference

  Total employees Minimum wage
Total Incidence
'000 '000 %
Education 14,147.2 817.0 5.8
Less than high school 1,616.2 280.2 17.3
Less than grade 9 285.2 33.5 11.8
Some high school 1,331.0 246.7 18.5
High school graduate 2,847.8 187.9 6.6
At least some postsecondary 9,683.2 348.9 3.6
Some postsecondary 1,213.0 119.7 9.9
Postsecondary certificate or diploma 4,667.2 140.3 3.0
University degree 3,803.0 88.9 2.3
Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey, 2009.