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Table 6 Average weekly wage earnings and distribution of workers by NHRIC-1 and NVRIC-1—2006 (weighted)

From: Is the lower return to immigrants’ foreign schooling a postarrival problem in Canada?

 

NVRIC

NHRIC-1

1

2

3

4

5

Total

NB

48 %

10 %

22 %

11 %

9 %

1,634,415

1152

1055

1109

1128

1104

1125

IMM-CE

46 %

11 %

20 %

13 %

10 %

251,585

1259

1088

1187

1169

1218

1210

IMM-FE

41 %

10 %

23 %

13 %

13 %

88,595

1240

1015

1126

1073

1145

1166

 

NHRIC

NVRIC-1

1

2

3

4

5

Total

NB

34 %

4 %

6 %

9 %

46 %

2,256,835

1152

1644

1193

1077

976

1085

IMM-CE

30 %

5 %

6 %

10 %

49 %

378,925

1259

1913

1278

1214

1128

1224

IMM-FE

22 %

4 %

4 %

9 %

60 %

163,030

1240

1484

1054

1083

1002

1084

  1. Notes: “NB”, “IMM-CE”, and “IMM-FE” denote native-born, Canadian-educated immigrant, and foreign-educated immigrant workers, respectively. Average weekly wages are shown under the percentage distributions