Table 5.12.8
Estimated gross annual earnings of Class of 2000 graduates4 working full-time in 2002 and 2005, by level of study and type of program, Manitoba

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Median earnings in 2002 Median earnings in 2005
dollars standard error dollars standard error
College graduates
All programs 25,000 (510) 33,000 (802)
Health programs1 24,000 (802) 31,200 (1,243)
Dental support services and allied professions 21,600 (1,989) 31,700 E (9,859)
Health and medical administrative services 26,600 (1,055) 33,900 (2,487)
Allied health diagnostic, intervention and treatment professions .. ..
Nursing 31,900 (1,148) 35,000 (1,506)
Nursing / registered nurse .. ..
Licensed practical / vocational nurse training 31,900 (1,152) 34,800 (1,518)
Rehabilitation and therapeutic professions .. ..
Health aides / attendants /orderlies 20,400 (679) 25,300 (1,211)
Selected health-related programs2 23,700 (1,180) 26,000 (763)
Social work 23,700 (1,180) 26,000 (763)
All other programs3 25,700 (494) 35,000 (911)
University graduates
All programs 36,800 (510) 49,000 (795)
Health programs1 48,000 (1,039) 60,600 (876)
Medicine 36,000 (951) F
Nursing 47,000 (1,020) 60,000 (997)
Nursing / registered nurse 47,600 (967) 60,000 (932)
Rehabilitation and therapeutic professions 40,000 (1,001) 51,100 (1,684)
Selected health-related programs2 34,000 (1,957) 43,200 (6,026)
Psychology 40,000 (2,742) 52,000 E (10,998)
Social work 33,000 (3,759) 43,200 E (8,939)
Health and physical education / fitness 35,000 E (9,735) F
All other programs3 36,000 (510) 46,800 (1,020)
Bachelor graduates
All programs 35,200 (510) 46,200 (892)
Health programs1 46,000 (1,120) 60,500 (1,619)
Medicine 36,000 (973) F
Nursing 46,000 (980) 60,000 (1,097)
Nursing / registered nurse 46,000 (1,072) 60,000 (964)
Rehabilitation and therapeutic professions 40,000 (1,001) 51,100 (1,684)
Selected health-related programs2 31,200 (3,269) 41,300 (4,087)
Psychology 31,200 E (6,370) F
Social work 31,200 (4,199) 41,300 (5,360)
Health and physical education / fitness .. ..
All other programs3 34,000 (830) 45,000 (638)
Master's graduates
All programs 49,000 (1,487) 63,000 (1,786)
Health programs1 54,300 (2,408) 63,000 (2,673)
Nursing 57,200 (2,795) 63,000 (3,979)
Nursing / registered nurse 62,000 (2,113) x
Selected health-related programs2 47,500 (3,758) 63,000 (3,575)
Psychology 45,000 (3,120) 57,600 (8,836)
Social work 56,000 E (14,904) 72,800 (2,763)
All other programs3 48,000 (1,531) 64,000 (2,623)
Doctoral graduates
All programs 55,000 (2,797) 78,000 (3,848)
Health programs1 75,000 (7,812) x
Selected health-related programs2 61,200 (8,200) 65,000 (4,627)
All other programs3 51,000 (2,927) 78,000 (5,154)

.. not available for a specific reference period

… not applicable

x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act

E use with caution

F too unreliable to be published

1. Excludes veterinary programs.

2. Includes Psychology, Social work, Epidemiology and Health and physical education / fitness programs.

3. Includes veterinary programs but excludes all health programs, Psychology, Social work, Epidemiology and Health and physical education / fitness.

4. Graduates who pursued further education after 2000 are excluded from this table.

Note: Type of program is defined using the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP). See Appendix 3 for more details.

Source: Follow-up Survey of Graduates (Class of 2000), Statistics Canada.