Table 2
Percent difference in annual earnings of male economic class principal applicants, unadjusted results (no controls)

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Table summary
This table displays the results of Percent difference in annual earnings of male economic class principal applicants Years in Canada, 1 to 5, 6 to 10, 11 to 15 and 16 to 20, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  Years in Canada
1 to 5 6 to 10 11 to 15 16 to 20
percent
Bachelor's graduates compared to high school graduates  
Cohort  
1984 to 1988 51.8Note 1 45.5 50.2 56.2
1989 to 1993 38.8 40.5 53.0 57.8
1994 to 1998 32.0 35.4 43.5 Note ...: not applicable
1999 to 2003 6.4 17.0 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
2004 to 2007 12.7 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Bachelor's graduates compared to persons with trades training  
Cohort  
1984 to 1988 32.2 27.6 22.3 28.9
1989 to 1993 20.2 25.4 36.0 43.4
1994 to 1998 21.8 30.2 35.4 Note ...: not applicable
1999 to 2003 0.5 16.2 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
2004 to 2007 7.7 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Master's/doctorate graduates compared to high school graduates  
Cohort  
1984 to 1988 94.4 92.3 93.0 100.0
1989 to 1993 69.4 69.1 92.6 100.0
1994 to 1998 51.6 58.8 71.5 Note ...: not applicable
1999 to 2003 27.2 34.3 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
2004 to 2007 34.8 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
... not applicable
Note 1.

This number means that, among male economic class principal applicants who entered between 1984 and 1988 and who had been in Canada for one to five years at time of observation, those with a bachelor's degree earned 51.8% more than those with high school graduation only.

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Source: Statistics Canada, Longitudinal Administrative Databank, 1984 to 2009.
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