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Wage and Salary Groups (23) in Constant (2005) Dollars, Age Groups (9A), Work Activity in the Reference Year (3) and Sex (3) for the Paid Workers 15 Years and Over of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2000 and 2005 - 20% Sample Data

About this variable: Wage and salary groups (23)

Definition

No definition is available for this variable.

Values

  1. Total - Wage and salary groups Footnote 1
  2. Without wages and salaries
  3. With wages and salaries
  4. Under $2,000
  5. $2,000 to $4,999
  6. $5,000 to $6,999
  7. $7,000 to $9,999
  8. $10,000 to $11,999
  9. $12,000 to $14,999
  10. $15,000 to $19,999
  11. $20,000 to $24,999
  12. $25,000 to $29,999
  13. $30,000 to $34,999
  14. $35,000 to $39,999
  15. $40,000 to $44,999
  16. $45,000 to $49,999
  17. $50,000 to $59,999
  18. $60,000 to $69,999
  19. $70,000 to $79,999
  20. $80,000 and over
  21. Median wages and salaries $ Footnote 21
  22. Average wages and salaries $ Footnote 22
  23. Standard error of average wages and salaries $ Footnote 23

Footnotes

Footnote 1

Wages and salaries - Refers to gross wages and salaries before deductions for such items as income tax, pensions and Employment Insurance. Included in this source are military pay and allowances, tips, commissions and cash bonuses, benefits from wage-loss replacement plans or income-maintenance insurance plans, supplementary unemployment benefits from an employer or union as well as all types of casual earnings during calendar year 2005. Other employment income such as taxable benefits, research grants and royalties are included.

Receipts not counted as income - The income concept excludes gambling gains and losses, lottery prizes, money inherited during the year in a lump sum, capital gains or losses, receipts from the sale of property, income tax refunds, loan payments received, lump-sum settlements of insurance policies, rebates received on property taxes, refunds of pension contributions, as well as all income 'in kind,' such as free meals and living accommodations, or agricultural products produced and consumed on the farm.

Average income of individuals - Average income of individuals refers to the weighted mean total income of individuals 15 years of age and over who reported income for 2005. Average income is calculated from unrounded data by dividing the aggregate income of a specified group of individuals (e.g., males 45 to 54 years of age) by the number of individuals with income in that group.

Median income of individuals - The median income of a specified group of income recipients is that amount which divides their income size distribution into two halves, i.e., the incomes of the first half of individuals are below the median, while those of the second half are above the median. Median income is calculated from the unrounded number of individuals (e.g., males 45 to 54 years of age) with income in that group.

Standard error of average income - Refers to the estimated standard error of average income for an income size distribution. If interpreted as shown below, it serves as a rough indicator of the precision of the corresponding estimate of average income. For about 68% of the samples which could be selected from the sample frame, the difference between the sample estimate of average income and the corresponding figure based on complete enumeration would be less than one standard error. For about 95% of the possible samples, the difference would be less than two standard errors and, in about 99% of the samples, the difference would be approximately two and one half standard errors.

Average and median incomes and standard errors for average income of individuals will be calculated for those individuals who are at least 15 years of age and who have an income (positive or negative). For all other universes (families (census/economic), persons not in families or private households), these statistics will be calculated over all units, whether or not they reported any income.

These statistics can be derived for after-tax income, earnings, wages and salaries, or any other particular source of income in the same manner.

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Footnote 21

For persons with wages and salaries.

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Footnote 22

For persons with wages and salaries.

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Footnote 23

For persons with wages and salaries.

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