Table B.10
Percentage distribution across earnings categories of college-educated workers aged 25 to 64, by selected income characteristics, Canada, 2006
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| At or below half of the median | More than half the median but at or below the median | More than the median but at or below 1.5 times the median | More than 1.5 times the median but at or below 2 times the median | More than two times the median | At or below half of the median | More than half the median but at or below the median | More than the median but at or below 1.5 times the median | More than 1.5 times the median but at or below 2 times the median | More than two times the median | |
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| percent | ratio | |||||||||
| All | 23.1 | 25.3 | 23.4 | 14.1 | 14.1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Relationship to major income earner | ||||||||||
| Major income earner | 12.2 | 20.7 | 25.2 | 19.8 | 22.1 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 1.9 |
| Spouse | 37.8 | 30.9 | 22.0 | 6.5 | 2.8 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.2 |
| Child | 45.8 | 36.1 | F | F | F | 2.0 | 1.4 | F | F | F |
| Other | 43.9 | 37.6 | 15.1 | F | F | 1.9 | 1.5 | 0.6 | F | F |
| Major source of income | ||||||||||
| Wages and salaries | 12.3 | 27.7 | 27.1 | 16.6 | 16.4 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.4 |
| Self-employment income | 55.5 | 23.5 | 10.7 | 3.6 | 6.7 | 2.4 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.6 |
| Government transfers | 97.8 | F | F | F | F | 4.2 | F | F | F | F |
| Investment income | 88.2 | F | F | F | F | 3.8 | F | F | F | F |
| Private retirement pensions | 90.9 | F | F | F | F | 3.9 | F | F | F | F |
| Other income | 82.5 | F | F | F | F | 3.6 | F | F | F | F |
| Family earnings | ||||||||||
| At or below half of the median | 71.7 | 24.4 | 3.9 | F | F | 3.1 | 1.0 | 0.1 | F | F |
| More than half of the median but below the median | 24.6 | 37.7 | 26.6 | 8.7 | 2.4 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.2 |
| More than the median but at or below 1.5 times the median | 11.6 | 19.7 | 31.6 | 24.1 | 13.1 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 1.2 |
| More than 1.5 times the median but at our below 2 times the median | 8.9 | 13.1 | 20.6 | 19.2 | 38.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 3.4 |
| More than 2 times the median | 10.5 | 7.3 | 11.5 | 15.0 | 55.6 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 4.9 |
| Number of earners | ||||||||||
| 1 | 20.6 | 25.3 | 24.6 | 15.1 | 14.4 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.3 |
| 2 | 24.5 | 24.8 | 23.0 | 14.4 | 13.4 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.2 |
| 3 or more | 22.5 | 26.5 | 23.1 | 12.2 | 15.7 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.4 |
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