Table 4 Average expenditures – self-employed versus paid employees, age 25 to 59

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Table 4
Average expenditures – self-employed versus paid employees, age 25 to 59
Table summary
This table displays the results of Average expenditures – self-employed versus paid employees. This information is grouped by all, middle income, paid employees, and self -employed appearing as column headers, calculated using dollar as a unit of measure.
	Paid employees	Self-employed	Paid employees	Self-employed
	All		Middle income¹
	$
Average total household expenditures	79,100	90,800^*	72,900	72,300
Consumption	54,100	63,400^*	52,200	53,500
Personal security	5,700	5,700	5,500	5,000
Gifts	1,400	2,000	1,300	1,200
Taxes	18,000	19,700	14,000	12,600
Average total household income	87,600	99,000^*	76,500	76,100
1. Excluding individuals with before-tax income below 2/3 of the median and above 4/3 of the median. * significantly different at the 5% level Note: Figures are rounded to the nearest 100. Source: Statistics Canada, Survey of Household Spending, 2008.