Cumulative earnings of Canadians, by sex and education level 1991-2010

This statistic shows the cumulative salary earnings of Canadian high school, college, and university graduates from 1991-2010 in 2010 Canadian dollars. Canadian women with only a high school diploma earned 524,627 Canadian dollars cumulatively, on average, between 1991 and 2010.

Cumulative wage earnings of Canadians, by sex and level of education from 1991 to 2010 (in 2010 Canadian dollars)

Characteristic	Men	Women
Bachelor's degree	1,707,340	972,869
College certificate	1,222,334	703,817
High school diploma	975,323	524,627

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February 2014

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Canada

Survey time period

1991 to 2010

Supplementary notes

Figures are presented in 2010 Canadian dollars.

Data comes from samples comprised of 3,441 men and 4,510 women born in the Canadian provinces between 1995 and 1957 who have either a high school dimploma, college certificate, or bachelor's degree (other than a law degree) and who are in the Longitudinal Worker File for at least 18 years between 1991 to 2010. Total earnings include wages and salaries, net self-employment income. Adapted from Statistics Canada, An Invest of a Lifetime?, page 14, 1991 to 2010. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.

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