IMMIGRANT WAGES ARE ON THE RISE IN CANADA : STUDY

 By Chandrayee Roy Choudhury, Canada
 Immigrants who had both work and study experience before admission had the highest median wage one year later. For these immigrants who were admitted in 2018, their 2019 median wage was $44,600, which was even higher than the Canadian-born population who reported a median wage of $38,800 that year.
Work-related experience in particular supported immigrant wages in the first year after landing. Immigrants who only had work experience prior to landing in 2018 had a 2019 median wage of $39,300, also higher than the Canadian-born.
Between 2010 and 2019, median wages went up for both men and women across all immigration categories, but immigrant men and women benefitted differently from these increases.