Table A.6.3
Trends in differences in earnings of men and women,1 25- to 64-year-olds with income from employment, by highest level of education attained, Canada and provinces, 1998 to 2008

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  1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
percent1
OECD average  
Below upper secondary .. 66 62 65 65 65 67 63 66 64 63
Upper secondary and postsecondary non-tertiary .. 68 65 68 68 66 70 68 69 65 66
Tertiary education .. 63 63 64 65 65 67 66 65 64 64
Canada2  
Below upper secondary 52 51 52 51 50 52 52 53 53 52 53
Upper secondary and postsecondary non-tertiary 59 60 60 59 61 59 60 61 62 63 61
Tertiary education 61 60 58 58 60 61 61 62 62 63 63
Newfoundland and Labrador  
Below upper secondary 49 51 56 51 55 65 54 49 45 43 44
Upper secondary and postsecondary non-tertiary 54 54 61 55 54 60 53 54 54 56 46
Tertiary 67 64 57 59 62 62 58 58 56 58 58
Prince Edward Island  
Below upper secondary 55 42 51 60 57 58 62 59 54 53 49
Upper secondary and postsecondary non-tertiary 63 65 64 55 53 58 61 54 54 53 59
Tertiary 61 65 64 72 62 66 72 80 77 78 76
Nova Scotia  
Below upper secondary 49 47 49 55 44 49 45 47 51 55 42
Upper secondary and postsecondary non-tertiary 59 51 54 52 49 53 52 52 58 53 54
Tertiary 62 74 68 63 67 67 68 66 67 70 61
New Brunswick  
Below upper secondary 43 47 51 53 52 55 58 53 67 60 43
Upper secondary and postsecondary non-tertiary 56 56 60 56 59 59 64 67 67 65 61
Tertiary 66 65 62 64 64 63 57 65 67 68 71
Quebec  
Below upper secondary 51 52 56 53 56 52 57 57 60 60 57
Upper secondary and postsecondary non-tertiary 66 66 66 64 66 62 60 67 68 67 72
Tertiary 63 68 70 67 69 72 70 62 67 68 72
Ontario  
Below upper secondary 54 53 51 51 47 51 49 50 51 52 53
Upper secondary and postsecondary non-tertiary 60 60 63 59 60 59 62 60 67 67 66
Tertiary 61 58 53 54 58 58 58 64 61 64 61
Manitoba  
Below upper secondary 51 56 59 52 65 63 60 57 56 53 54
Upper secondary and postsecondary non-tertiary 56 63 62 63 63 63 69 59 55 53 55
Tertiary 70 65 64 69 67 69 69 67 68 66 64
Saskatchewan  
Below upper secondary 55 60 60 57 57 55 57 48 49 48 50
Upper secondary and postsecondary non-tertiary 55 60 59 60 60 63 58 55 57 57 46
Tertiary 59 65 62 62 64 65 69 66 67 67 70
Alberta  
Below upper secondary 50 46 45 40 42 37 41 45 43 44 46
Upper secondary and postsecondary non-tertiary 47 50 48 52 51 48 50 54 49 57 46
Tertiary 54 58 56 57 59 60 56 57 54 48 57
British Columbia  
Below upper secondary 50 42 46 57 54 60 53 60 53 43 57
Upper secondary and postsecondary non-tertiary 61 60 59 56 74 65 64 64 62 63 61
Tertiary 59 57 57 59 55 56 62 58 65 65 58
.. not available for a specific reference period
1. Average annual earnings of women as a percentage of earnings of men.
2. The most recent data available for Canada and provinces are for 2008; these estimates were submitted to the OECD.
Note: These averages are from Education at a Glance 2011: OECD Indicators, Table A8.3b, Trends in differences in earnings between women and men (1999-2009), which presents the most recent available data for the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) member countries for which data were available or could be estimated. Please see the OECD's Web site at www.oecd.org.
Source: Statistics Canada, Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics (SLID).