Table A.6.2
Trends in relative earnings1 for 25- to 64-year-olds, by highest level of education attained, Canada and provinces, 1998 to 2008

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  1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
index (upper secondary and postsecondary non-tertiary education = 100)
OECD average  
Below upper secondary .. 78 79 80 80 79 78 78 78 78 78
Tertiary .. 151 151 145 148 148 155 151 157 154 152
Canada2  
Below upper secondary 77 79 79 76 77 78 77 77 75 79 80
Tertiary 140 140 144 144 138 140 137 137 139 142 140
Newfoundland and Labrador  
Below upper secondary 59 55 55 53 62 62 57 60 54 57 54
Tertiary 142 128 141 130 138 138 141 152 157 156 138
Prince Edward Island  
Below upper secondary 72 77 71 69 63 65 63 67 71 70 79
Tertiary 143 126 135 137 137 137 137 133 125 128 141
Nova Scotia  
Below upper secondary 73 69 69 69 71 74 74 81 81 78 82
Tertiary 134 125 131 132 123 128 123 134 142 141 134
New Brunswick  
Below upper secondary 70 76 71 65 68 68 71 69 66 74 81
Tertiary 138 136 130 131 140 141 140 145 141 153 139
Quebec  
Below upper secondary 81 81 80 78 81 78 78 80 75 76 72
Tertiary 150 150 148 160 167 158 150 158 159 161 151
Ontario  
Below upper secondary 81 83 84 80 77 80 81 78 79 85 85
Tertiary 145 144 152 150 134 142 142 136 144 146 150
Manitoba  
Below upper secondary 79 70 71 84 75 79 77 83 78 76 80
Tertiary 121 128 135 132 137 134 132 142 139 135 130
Saskatchewan  
Below upper secondary 75 73 77 81 75 77 76 79 79 85 76
Tertiary 136 131 135 136 124 131 126 127 117 124 119
Alberta  
Below upper secondary 69 80 75 72 94 92 84 74 70 74 86
Tertiary 125 132 131 124 124 120 124 114 107 118 112
British Columbia  
Below upper secondary 83 87 82 79 74 80 80 92 87 98 82
Tertiary 124 124 124 124 117 121 113 126 131 128 132
.. not available for a specific reference period
1. Relative earnings are the mean annual earnings (before tax) from employment of individuals with a certain level of educational attainment divided by the mean annual earnings (before tax) from employment of individuals whose highest level of education is upper secondary or postsecondary non-tertiary, multiplied by 100.
2. The most recent data available for Canada and provinces are for 2008; these estimates were submitted to the OECD.
Note: These averages are from Education at a Glance 2011: OECD Indicators, Table A8.2a, Trends in relative earnings: Total population (1999-2009), which presents the most recent available data for the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) member countries for which data were available or could be estimated. Please see the OECD's Web site at www.oecd.org.
Source: Statistics Canada, Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics (SLID).