Employment Income Statistics (7), Highest Certificate, Diploma or Degree (11), Work Activity During the Reference Year (5), Age (10) and Sex (3) for the Population Aged 15 Years and Over in Private Households of Canada, Provinces and Territories, Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions, 2016 Census - 25% Sample Data

• Work activity during the reference year (5): Total - Work activity during the reference year
• Age (10): Total - Age
• Sex (3): Total - Sex

This table details employment income statistics , highest certificate, diploma or degree , work activity during the reference year , age and sex for the population aged 15 years and over in private households in Nova Scotia / Nouvelle-Écosse

Employment income statistics (7)	Highest certificate, diploma or degree (11)
	Total - Highest certificate, diploma or degree^Footnote 2	No certificate, diploma or degree	Secondary (high) school diploma or equivalency certificate^Footnote 3	Apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma	Trades certificate or diploma other than Certificate of Apprenticeship or Certificate of Qualification^Footnote 4	Certificate of Apprenticeship or Certificate of Qualification^Footnote 5	College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma	University certificate or diploma below bachelor level	University certificate, diploma or degree at bachelor level or above	Bachelor's degree	University certificate, diploma or degree above bachelor level^Footnote 6
Total - Employment income statistics^Footnote 7	774,750	153,705	195,905	76,810	42,625	34,180	168,805	18,380	161,150	108,390	52,760
With employment income	523,015	63,805	136,030	53,325	29,030	24,290	128,505	12,475	128,875	88,435	40,440
Median employment income ($)	29,983	14,626	21,221	35,114	30,817	41,610	33,878	34,890	48,750	43,274	65,251
Average employment income ($)	39,522	22,700	28,751	41,197	36,183	47,189	39,381	41,459	58,478	52,874	70,734
With wages, salaries and commissions	488,990	58,215	128,685	48,560	26,365	22,195	120,895	11,705	120,925	83,500	37,425
Median wages, salaries and commissions ($)	31,177	14,646	21,679	36,994	32,090	44,336	35,124	36,734	50,615	44,969	67,059
Average wages, salaries and commissions ($)	40,246	22,216	28,975	42,790	37,411	49,179	40,466	42,961	59,416	53,984	71,533

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not applicable

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suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act

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too unreliable to be published

Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

Refers to the number of weeks in which a person aged 15 years and over worked for pay or in self-employment in 2015 at all jobs held, even if only for a few hours, and whether these weeks were mostly full time (30 hours or more per week) or mostly part time (less than 30 hours per week). Full year is 49 weeks or over. Part year is less than 49 weeks.

Footnote 2

Users are advised to consult data quality comments for 'Highest certificate, diploma or degree,' available in the Education Reference Guide, Census of Population, 2016, Catalogue no. 98-500-X2016013.

Footnote 3

'Secondary (high) school diploma or equivalency certificate' includes only people who have this as their highest educational qualification. It excludes persons with a postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree.

Footnote 4

'Trades certificate or diploma other than Certificate of Apprenticeship or Certificate of Qualification' includes trades certificates or diplomas such as pre-employment or vocational certificates and diplomas from brief trade programs completed at community colleges, institutes of technology, vocational centres and similar institutions.

Footnote 5

'Certificate of Apprenticeship or Certificate of Qualification' also includes Journeyperson's designations.

Footnote 6

'University certificate, diploma or degree above bachelor level' includes the categories 'University certificate or diploma above bachelor level,' 'Degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry,' 'Master's degree' and 'Earned doctorate.'

Footnote 7

Employment income - All income received as wages, salaries and commissions from paid employment and net self-employment income from farm or non-farm unincorporated business and/or professional practice during the reference period.

Wages, salaries and commissions - Gross wages and salaries before deductions for such items as income taxes, pension plan contributions and employment insurance premiums during the reference period. While other employee remuneration such as security options benefits, board and lodging and other taxable allowances and benefits are included in this source, employers' contributions to pension plans and employment insurance plans are excluded. Other receipts included in this source are military pay and allowances, tips, commissions and cash bonuses associated with paid employment, benefits from wage-loss replacement plans or income-maintenance insurance plans, supplementary unemployment benefits from an employer or union, research grants, royalties from a work or invention with no associated expenses and all types of casual earnings during the reference period.

For the 2016 Census, the reference period is the calendar year 2015 for all income variables.

The median income of a specified group is the amount that divides the income distribution of that group into two halves, i.e., the incomes of half of the units in that group are below the median, while those of the other half are above the median. Median incomes of individuals are calculated for those with income (positive or negative).

Average income of a specified group is calculated by dividing the aggregate income of that group by the number of units in that group. Average incomes of individuals are calculated for those with income (positive or negative).

Data quality note(s) – Nova Scotia / Nouvelle-Écosse

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Default. Not applicable.
• Long-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), long-form census questionnaire: 5.5%.
• Long-form income data quality flag
  Default. Data quality index showing a long-form income non-response rate lower than 10%.

Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-400-X2016261.