Table 6 Individual income sources – self-employed and paid employees, age 25 to 59

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Table 6
Individual income sources – self-employed and paid employees, age 25 to 59
Table summary
This table displays the results of Individual income sources – self-employed and paid employees. This information is grouped by paid employees, self-employed (total, incorporated, and unincorporated) appearing as column headers, calculated using dollar and hours as a unit of measure.
	Paid employees	Total	Incorporated	Unincorporated
	Paid employees	Self-employed
	$
Average total annual income	52,400	46,200^*	57,800	38,900^*
Average total market income	50,000	44,400^*	56,600	36,900^*
Wages and salaries	47,900	17,500^*	36,300^*	5,800^*
Self-employment income	400	20,600^*	10,000^*	27,100^*
Investment income	700	4,400^*	8,600^*	1,800^*
Capital gains	300	1,100^*	700^*	1,300^*
Other income	800	900	1,000	900
Average total government transfers	2,300	1,700^*	1,200^*	2,000^*
Employment insurance and social assistance	1,300	500^*	400^*	500^*
Other	1,000	1,200^*	800^*	1,500^*
Median annual income (total)	43,100	27,900	39,300	21,400
Annual work hours	hours
Average hours worked	1,770	2,090^*	2,350^*	1,930^*
Median hours worked	1,960	2,090^*	2,230^*	2,090^*
* significantly different from paid employees at the 5% level Note: Income figures are rounded to the nearest 100. Hours are rounded to the nearest 10. Source: Statistics Canada, Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics, 2009.