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 1995 earning any kind of income earned $17,398 while the average man earned $28,011. In total sources of income, women earned 63% of what men earned.

	Men		Women
	1990	1995	1990	1995
All Age Groups	$29,370	$28,011	$17,763	$17,398
15-19 years	$4,538	$4,112	$4,123	$3,515
20-24 years	$14,633	$12,151	$11,829	$9,597
25-34 years	$28,837	$25,849	$19,073	$17,754
35-44 years	$38,398	$35,508	$22,448	$22,253
45-54 years	$40,811	$39,060	$22,026	$22,669
55-64 years	$35,088	$32,992	$17,916	$16,376
65-69 years	$28,995	$27,991	$16,368	$15,976
70 years and up	$22,749	$23,472	$16,548	$16,512

In all age categories, men earned more than women in both 1990 and 1995.

Family Income
The average family in Manitoba earned $50,236 in 1995 (a decrease of 2.4% since 1990). However, income levels differed drastically according to family structure.

Two parent families had an average income of $53,965. More specifically, two-parent families in which the female parent worked earned an average of $61,171. Two-parent families in which the female parent did not work earned an average of $38,801.

Single parent families headed by a male had an average income of $37,743. Single parent families headed by a female had an average income of $25,462.

Income for Paid Work

Manitoba Women's Earnings for Paid Work

	1990	1995	Change
Total	$17,775	$17,713	- 3%
Full-year, full-time	$26,136	$26,269	+ 5%
Other	$11,093	$11,056	- 3%

Manitoba Men's Earnings for Paid Work

	1990	1995	Change
Total	$28,803	$27,852	- 3.3%
Full-year, full-time	$37,423	$36,630	-2.1%
Other	$15,891	$15,278	- 3.9%

On average, women earn 72% of the income of men in Manitoba for their paid work.

Source: Statistics Canada, 1996. Nation Tables.