Data tables, 2016 Census

Employment Income Statistics (7), STEM and BHASE (non-STEM) Groupings, Major Field of Study - Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) 2016 (36), Highest Certificate, Diploma or Degree (12), Location of Study (5), Immigrant Status (4A), Class of Worker (3) and Sex and Age (18) for the Population Aged 15 Years and Over Who Worked Full-Time Full-Year in 2015 in Private Households of Canada, Provinces and Territories and Census Metropolitan Areas, 2016 Census - 25% Sample Data

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This table details employment income statistics , stem and bhase groupings, major field of study - classification of instructional programs 2016 , highest certificate, diploma or degree , location of study , immigrant status , class of worker and sex and age for the population aged 15 years and over who worked full-time full-year in 2015 in private households in Alberta
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STEM and BHASE (non-STEM) groupings, Major field of study - Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) 2016 (36) Employment income statistics (7)
Total - Employment income statisticsFootnote 5 With employment income Median employment income ($) Average employment income ($) With wages, salaries and commissions Median wages, salaries and commissions ($) Average wages, salaries and commissions ($)
Total - STEM and BHASE (non-STEM) groupings, Major field of study - Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) 2016Footnote 6 1,193,865 1,152,385 64,090 81,586 1,097,865 65,536 83,294
No postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree 412,320 394,920 50,544 60,872 370,620 51,969 62,714
STEM 170,415 165,230 88,461 112,805 160,900 89,442 114,278
Science and science technology 42,465 41,145 77,030 98,367 39,775 78,052 99,304
Physical and chemical sciences 12,760 12,400 90,228 124,627 12,090 91,512 126,596
Biological sciences 20,195 19,565 70,936 82,955 18,765 71,798 82,748
General and integrated sciences 9,515 9,180 76,158 95,748 8,920 77,031 97,148
Engineering and engineering technology 97,610 94,720 98,464 126,547 92,540 99,634 128,303
Engineering 55,340 53,690 106,556 141,550 52,790 107,451 142,867
Engineering technology 42,270 41,030 89,585 106,916 39,750 90,795 108,964
Mathematics and computer and information science 30,340 29,370 76,882 88,712 28,585 77,641 89,712
Mathematics and related studies 3,625 3,520 78,952 99,304 3,430 79,983 100,627
Computer and information science 26,710 25,845 76,738 87,268 25,160 77,389 88,225
BHASE (non-STEM)Footnote 7 611,130 592,235 69,986 86,690 566,345 71,245 87,958
Business and administration 162,095 157,285 67,313 99,904 151,645 68,167 101,186
Business and related studies 161,055 156,280 67,212 99,921 150,670 68,044 101,198
Public administration 1,035 1,000 84,173 97,204 975 85,608 99,359
Arts and humanities 45,980 44,395 56,795 66,670 42,040 57,822 67,647
Arts 19,325 18,590 53,427 60,110 17,445 54,801 61,641
Humanities 26,655 25,800 59,258 71,397 24,600 59,951 71,905
Social and behavioural sciences 55,715 54,355 63,563 80,430 52,095 64,915 81,780
Legal professions and studies 14,360 13,800 71,686 126,669 12,825 70,359 121,305
Law 7,500 7,050 116,684 188,050 6,285 114,942 181,913
Other legal professions and studies 6,855 6,750 57,297 62,552 6,540 57,797 62,995
Health care 84,155 81,845 66,004 75,027 78,685 66,558 74,142
Medicine, dentistry, optometry and veterinary medicine (including residencies) 7,150 6,450 89,966 129,745 5,685 81,849 113,346
Nursing 28,335 27,870 79,906 77,415 27,380 80,525 78,242
Pharmacy and related programs 3,215 3,135 105,642 100,624 3,095 105,711 100,540
Health care, n.e.c. 45,455 44,395 55,756 63,774 42,520 56,396 64,339
Education and teaching 45,910 45,110 81,750 79,046 43,865 83,100 80,210
Trades, services, natural resources and conservation 202,910 195,440 75,883 86,170 185,190 78,099 88,872
Agriculture and natural resources operations and management 16,785 16,045 64,826 75,489 13,815 70,209 81,633
Mechanics and repair, architecture, construction and precision production 131,175 125,900 83,757 94,824 120,440 85,341 97,403
Personal, security and transport services 39,195 38,100 56,295 67,276 36,050 58,231 69,273
Social work and related programs 8,210 8,025 65,666 69,277 7,840 66,627 69,855
BHASE (non-STEM) programs, n.e.c. 7,535 7,370 67,346 77,643 7,050 68,152 78,682

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

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.

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Footnote 2

For information on collection, classification and data quality for 'Location of study', refer to the Education Reference Guide, Census of Population, 2016, Catalogue no. 98-500-X2016013.

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Footnote 3

Non-permanent residents are included in 'Total - Immigrant status.' The category for 'Non-permanent residents' is not presented elsewhere in this table with income as they may not have a complete year of applicable income.

'Non-permanent residents' includes persons from another country who have a work or study permit, or who are refugee claimants, and their family members sharing the same permit and living in Canada with them.

For more information on immigration variables, including information on their classifications, the questions from which they are derived, data quality and their comparability with other sources of data, please refer to the Place of Birth, Generation Status, Citizenship and Immigration Reference Guide, Census of Population, 2016.

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Footnote 4

Class of worker refers to whether a person aged 15 years and over is an employee or is self-employed.

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Footnote 5

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).

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Footnote 6

This variable shows a variant of CIP which classifies fields of study into STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math and computer sciences) and BHASE (non-STEM) categories and sub-categories. For more information on the CIP classification, see the Classification of Instructional Programs, Canada 2016: http://www.statcan.gc.ca/eng/concepts/classification.

This variant is different from the STEM variant used in the 2011 National Household Survey. For information on comparability between the two variants, refer to the Education Reference Guide, Census of Population, 2016, Catalogue no. 98-500-X2016013.

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Footnote 7

The term 'Business, humanities, health, arts, social science, and education fields' (BHASE) includes all of the non-STEM fields from the STEM and BHASE (non-STEM) groupings variant, an alternative presentation of the Classification of Instructional Programs, 2016. This includes 'Business and administration', 'Arts and humanities', 'Social and behavioural sciences', 'Legal professions and studies', 'Health care', 'Education and teaching' and 'Trades, services, natural resources and conservation'.

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Data quality note(s) – Alberta

  • Incomplete enumeration flag
    Excludes census data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves or Indian settlements.
  • Long-form data quality flag
    Global non-response rate (GNR), long-form census questionnaire: 6.1%.
  • 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-X2016280.

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