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Table 4 Average weekly wage earnings and distribution of workers by NRI—2006 (weighted)

From: The cost of immigrants’ occupational mismatch and the effectiveness of postarrival policies in Canada

   

NRI (for native born)

NB

Immigrants (Canadian educated)

Immigrants (internationally educated)

Degrees

1.0–0.8

1.0–0.8

1.0–0.8

0.8–0.6

0.6–0.4

0.4–0.2

0.2–0.0

Total

 Apprenticeship

26.5 %

24.0 %

14.7 %

1.3 %

2.2 %

5.9 %

76.1 %

47,865

833

859

885

885

850

697

769

785

 Trades

38.4 %

32.3 %

17.5 %

1.2 %

2.1 %

5.4 %

73.8 %

30,210

1076

1033

978

931

918

811

858

879

 College <1 year

18.3 %

17.4 %

6.9 %

2.1 %

4.8 %

9.7 %

76.5 %

11,375

821

813

1128

833

887

711

693

737

 College 1–2 years

21.4 %

20.3 %

8.7 %

2.1 %

4.0 %

7.7 %

77.4 %

52,470

919

926

875

840

853

734

701

728

 College >2 years

29.0 %

24.3 %

12.4 %

2.3 %

2.7 %

6.1 %

76.4 %

78,770

1032

1099

1082

985

908

794

764

815

 University < bachelor’s

20.4 %

16.6 %

7.3 %

2.0 %

3.1 %

7.8 %

79.9 %

105,135

1203

1203

1173

1124

874

814

766

811

 Bachelor’s

24.8 %

20.7 %

10.6 %

2.9 %

2.9 %

8.0 %

75.7 %

270,605

1325

1371

1212

1126

957

895

781

850

 University > bachelor’s

33.3 %

28.2 %

12.2 %

3.0 %

3.1 %

7.7 %

74.0 %

51,915

1375

1535

1226

1232

1180

1091

904

976

 Degrees in medicine

57.8 %

51.2 %

18.5 %

7.6 %

0.2 %

0.4 %

73.2 %

13,355

1691

1959

1733

1965

919

1390

818

1076

Total

25.8 %

22.2 %

11.0 %

2.5 %

2.9 %

7.3 %

76.3 %

661,700

1083

1145

1137

1134

935

855

781

839

  1. Notes: (i) NB denote native-born Canadians, while Canadian-educated immigrants include those educated in the USA and the UK. (ii) For educational degrees, see notes to Table 1. (iii) Weekly average wages are reported under % distributions