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Table E.3.6
Average earnings or employment income
1, by age group and educational attainment2, Canada, 2005

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Highest certificate, diploma or degree2 Age group
15 to 19 20 to 24 25 to 29 30 to 34 35 to 39 40 to 44 45 to 49 50 to 54 55 to 59 60 to 64 Total aged 15 and over
dollars
No certificate, diploma or degree 4,180 14,882 21,826 25,328 27,795 29,779 31,682 31,401 28,805 24,868 20,833
High school certificate or equivalent 6,813 14,288 25,231 31,023 34,743 37,030 39,628 39,597 35,932 29,031 28,038
Apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma 10,356 20,371 28,728 33,097 35,830 38,600 41,943 42,101 38,578 31,448 34,670
College3 8,565 16,581 29,312 35,209 39,698 44,182 46,695 46,769 42,273 33,629 36,785
University certificate or diploma below bachelor level4 7,115 14,370 27,906 36,532 41,775 47,295 51,829 52,263 47,014 38,239 39,994
University certificate or degree at or above bachelor level 14,893 15,037 32,974 47,376 58,624 68,990 76,420 78,320 72,277 64,233 57,495
Total 5,611 15,402 28,611 37,088 42,536 46,068 48,556 49,190 44,810 36,593 36,301
1. Wages and salaries, net income from a non-farm unincorporated business and/or professional practice, and/or net farm self-employment income during the 2005 calendar year.
2. In similar tables in previous editions of PCEIP, educational attainment was presented using the census concept of "highest level of schooling" and those data should therefore not be directly compared with the data presented here for "highest certificate, diploma or degree," which reflects a revision in the 2006 Census. For more information on the census education variables, see the 2006 Census Dictionary and the Education Reference Guide, 2006 Census (Statistics Canada. Catalogue nos. 92-566-XWE and 97-560-GWE200603, respectively. Ottawa).
3. "Colleges, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma" replaces the category 'Other non-university certificate or diploma" used in previous censuses.
4. An unexpected growth in the number of people in this category was noted when the data were compared with those from the 2001 Census. Results should be interpreted with caution.
Data source:
2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada.
Table source:
Statistics Canada and Council of Ministers of Education, Canada. 2007. Education indicators in Canada: Report of the Pan-Canadian Education Indicators Program. Catalogue no. 81-582-XIE. Ottawa.
Updated December 16, 2008.