alphanerd4@lemmy.worldM to US Authoritarianism@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-27 months agoThat’ll be Why the Median is Barely Over 40lemmy.worldimagemessage-square105fedilinkarrow-up1582arrow-down1154file-textcross-posted to: housing_bubble_2@lemmy.world
arrow-up1428arrow-down1imageThat’ll be Why the Median is Barely Over 40lemmy.worldalphanerd4@lemmy.worldM to US Authoritarianism@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-27 months agomessage-square105fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: housing_bubble_2@lemmy.world
minus-squareShadowRam@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up3·7 months agoThe average annual salary in Canada in 2021 was $59,300 The median income in Canada is $68,400, after taxes, according to Statistics Canada’s income survey (2021) Huh… seems backwards in Canada’s case…
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-27 months agoSalary and income are not necessarily the same thing. Most people’s incomes are not salaries, I’d think.
minus-squareShadowRam@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-27 months agohttps://www.dundaslife.com/blog/average-income-in-canada#toc-average-canadian-household-income-for-2024 This website seems to use salary and income interchangeably as if they were the same thing.
The average annual salary in Canada in 2021 was $59,300
The median income in Canada is $68,400, after taxes, according to Statistics Canada’s income survey (2021)
Huh… seems backwards in Canada’s case…
Salary and income are not necessarily the same thing.
Most people’s incomes are not salaries, I’d think.
https://www.dundaslife.com/blog/average-income-in-canada#toc-average-canadian-household-income-for-2024
This website seems to use salary and income interchangeably as if they were the same thing.