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Table 6
Mean earnings in years 1 and 3

  Year 1 Year 3 Change
Non-migrant Migrant Non-migrant Migrant Non-migrant Migrant
2004 ($) %
Men, age 20 to 54 39,300 40,400 42,300 46,500 7.6 15.1
Newfoundland and Labrador 27,000 20,700 28,500 36,400 5.6 75.8
Prince Edward Island 27,600 26,400 29,000 32,500 5.1 23.1
Nova Scotia 32,400 34,400 34,000 43,000 4.9 25.0
New Brunswick 30,700 33,300 32,300 41,400 5.2 24.3
Quebec 34,800 37,600 37,100 46,400 6.6 23.4
Ontario 43,500 47,700 47,300 51,600 8.7 8.2
Manitoba 33,700 36,400 35,900 43,100 6.5 18.4
Saskatchewan 34,500 34,600 36,700 43,500 6.4 25.7
Alberta 45,700 46,400 50,200 49,400 9.8 6.5
British Columbia 39,800 38,700 42,000 44,500 5.5 15.0
Women, age 20 to 54 21,200 19,700 22,900 22,000 8.0 11.7
Newfoundland and Labrador 14,400 11,300 15,500 17,500 7.6 54.9
Prince Edward Island 17,700 15,100 19,100 19,300 7.9 27.8
Nova Scotia 16,800 16,700 18,000 21,000 7.1 25.7
New Brunswick 16,100 15,500 17,300 19,700 7.5 27.1
Quebec 19,400 18,600 20,800 22,500 7.2 21.0
Ontario 23,500 23,700 25,500 25,000 8.5 5.5
Manitoba 19,600 18,000 21,100 20,400 7.7 13.3
Saskatchewan 19,000 16,700 20,600 20,100 8.4 20.4
Alberta 21,700 20,000 23,700 21,100 9.2 5.5
British Columbia 21,400 20,200 22,900 21,500 7.0 6.4
Note: Years 1 and 3 correspond to the year prior to the move and the year following the move.
Source: Longitudinal Administrative Data, 1992 to 2004.