Table 11
Average real hourly wages (2010 dollars) by education level, full-time workers aged 17 to 34, 1997 to 2011

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Average real hourly wages (2010 dollars) by education level, full-time workers aged 17 to 34, 1997 to 2011
Table summary
This table displays average real hourly wages of full-time workers aged 17 to 34, by education level, from 1997 to 2011. The row headers describe the samples examined (men, women), the years considered, and the periods over which growth rates in real wages are calculated. The column headers identify the education level of workers.
  Less than high school High school Postsecondary education Trades certificate Bachelor's degree Postgraduate studies
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5 Column 6
  dollars
Men  
Year  
1997 14.93 16.45 19.01 19.55 23.61 27.18
1998 14.77 16.76 19.04 19.41 24.31 27.60
1999 14.48 16.55 19.37 19.06 24.89 28.59
2000 14.76 16.88 19.22 19.48 25.46 28.12
2001 14.70 16.93 19.72 19.65 25.83 30.06
2002 14.92 16.83 19.50 19.79 25.75 29.41
2003 14.75 16.51 19.16 19.43 24.63 27.48
2004 14.67 16.25 19.38 19.40 24.71 26.65
2005 14.95 17.12 19.39 20.16 25.03 28.57
2006 15.36 17.24 19.79 20.62 25.02 27.59
2007 15.57 17.38 19.93 21.12 25.11 28.20
2008 15.69 17.81 20.49 21.97 25.82 28.98
2009 16.70 18.37 21.06 22.29 25.81 28.59
2010 16.63 18.34 20.92 23.18 26.12 28.28
2011 16.11 18.21 20.55 22.60 25.73 27.71
  percent change
Period  
2000 to 2005 1.3 1.4 0.9 3.5 -1.7 1.6
2005 to 2011 7.7 6.4 6.0 12.1 2.8 -3.0
2000 to 2011 9.2 7.9 7.0 16.0 1.1 -1.5
  dollars
Women  
Year  
1997 12.00 14.24 16.63 15.12 21.24 24.09
1998 11.99 13.71 16.87 14.80 21.41 25.02
1999 12.09 13.85 16.70 14.57 21.91 25.96
2000 11.46 13.96 16.65 14.77 21.84 25.21
2001 11.69 13.67 16.87 14.85 21.90 25.96
2002 11.46 13.59 17.18 15.20 23.09 26.27
2003 11.46 13.42 16.96 14.64 22.44 25.67
2004 11.45 13.57 17.03 15.03 22.76 25.62
2005 11.72 14.09 17.12 15.38 22.43 25.29
2006 12.22 14.13 17.30 15.34 22.63 26.78
2007 12.05 14.41 17.62 16.17 23.03 26.50
2008 12.15 14.59 17.93 16.45 23.63 25.85
2009 13.42 15.19 18.36 16.44 23.75 27.86
2010 13.45 15.23 18.63 17.10 23.32 26.37
2011 13.16 15.57 18.60 17.27 23.62 26.21
  percent change
Period  
2000 to 2005 2.3 0.9 2.9 4.1 2.7 0.3
2005 to 2011 12.3 10.5 8.6 12.3 5.3 3.6
2000 to 2011 14.9 11.6 11.7 16.9 8.2 4.0
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey and Consumer Price Index (All-items).
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