Table 24
Real hourly wages (2010 dollars) of men and women aged 25 to 54 employed full-time, 1981 to 2011

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Real hourly wages (2010 dollars) of men and women aged 25 to 54 employed full-time, 1981 to 2011
Table summary
This table displays median and average real hourly wages for men and women aged 25 to 54 employed full-time. The row headers describe the years considered as well as the periods over which growth rates in wages are calculated. The column headers identify median and average real hourly wages of men and women as well as the female-male wage ratio for median wages and average wages.
  Median hourly wages Average hourly wages
Men Women Column 2 divided by Column 1 Men Women Column 5 divided by Column 4
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5 Column 6
  dollars ratio dollars ratio
Year  
1981 22.57 16.92 0.750 24.01 18.48 0.770
1984 24.03 17.46 0.726 25.10 18.63 0.742
1986 23.19 17.51 0.755 24.68 18.40 0.746
1987 23.57 17.13 0.727 24.68 18.74 0.759
1988 23.66 17.34 0.733 25.25 19.18 0.760
1989 23.36 17.37 0.743 24.79 18.98 0.766
1990 22.96 17.46 0.761 24.51 19.01 0.776
1997 22.68 18.58 0.819 24.17 19.96 0.826
1998 22.82 18.40 0.806 24.22 19.99 0.825
1999 22.57 18.81 0.833 24.43 20.06 0.821
2000 23.20 18.67 0.805 24.54 20.20 0.823
2001 22.91 18.82 0.822 24.95 20.40 0.818
2002 22.83 18.90 0.828 24.76 20.64 0.834
2003 22.67 19.05 0.841 24.51 20.66 0.843
2004 22.25 18.95 0.852 24.76 20.91 0.844
2005 22.59 19.14 0.847 24.52 21.04 0.858
2006 23.00 19.22 0.836 25.20 21.32 0.846
2007 22.99 19.52 0.849 25.31 21.64 0.855
2008 23.48 20.00 0.852 25.92 21.91 0.845
2009 24.44 20.46 0.837 26.55 22.97 0.865
2010 24.04 20.77 0.864 26.52 23.06 0.869
2011 23.63 20.33 0.861 26.14 22.78 0.871
  percent change
Period  
 1981 to 2001 1.5 11.2 … 3.9 10.4 …
 2001 to 2011 3.1 8.0 … 4.8 11.7 …
1981 to 2011 4.7 20.2 … 8.9 23.3 …
 1981 to 1998 1.1 8.7 … 0.9 8.2 …
 1998 to 2011 3.6 10.5 … 8.0 14.0 …
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, 1981 Survey of Work History, 1984 Survey of Union Membership, 1986 to 1990 Labour Market Activity Survey, 1997 to 2001 Labour Force Survey, and Consumer Price Index (All-items).
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