The Wage Gap

In this section:

• Women's and Men's Incomes in Manitoba
  
• Men/Women and the 10 Highest/Lowest Paid Occupations in Canada
  
• Global Wage Gap

All Sources of Income
The average woman in Manitoba in 2006 earning any kind of income earned $20,169 while the average man earned $29,919. In total sources of income, women earned 67% of what men earned.

	Men		Women
	2001	2006	2001	2006
All Age Groups	$45,659	$46,780	$34,488	$35,832
15-24 years	$24,582	$23,986	$20,356	$19,768
25-44years	$45,043	$46,324	$35,152	$36,043
45-64 years	$52,080	$52,276	$36,917	$38,646
65 years +	$29,093	$28,008	$23,617	$25,279

In all age categories, men earned more than women in both 2001 and 2006..

Family Income
The average family in Manitoba earned $58,816. However, income levels differed drastically according to family structure.

Two parent families had an average income of $60,755. More specifically, two-parent families in which the female parent worked earned an average of $70,139. Two-parent families in which the female parent did not work earned an average of $47,524.

Single parent families headed by a male had an average income of $38,584. Single parent families headed by a female had an average income of $30,176.

Income for Paid Work

Manitoba Women's Earnings for Paid Work

	2000	2005	Change
Total	$34,488	$35,830	+3.9%
Full-year, full-time	$30,299	$32,149	+ 6.1%

Manitoba Men's Earnings for Paid Work

	2000	2005	Change
Total	$46,654	$46,778	+2.5%
Full-year, full-time	$39,410	$40,392	+2.5%

On average, women earn 76% of the income of men in Manitoba for their paid work.

Source: Statistics Canada. 2007. Manitoba (Code46) (table). 2006 Community Profiles. 2006 Census. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 92-591-XWE. Ottawa. Released March 13, 2007.

For analysis and charting the wage gap by year in Canada, see the Canadian Labour Congress study Women in the Workforce: Still A Long Way from Equality.