Postsecondary Graduate Employment Income Two and Five Years After Graduation

Longitudinal data on the characteristics and median employment income of postsecondary graduates tracked two and five years after graduation. The dataset is structured by educational qualification and field of study, using the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) Canada 2021. It is provided by Statistics Canada and was last updated on 2026-06-24.

Use Cases

• Analyze income progression over time based on the two-year and five-year post-graduation income points.
• Compare median employment outcomes based on educational qualification levels mentioned in the description.
• Investigate the relationship between field of study, as defined by CIP Canada 2021 groupings, and early-career earnings.

Strengths

• Data tracks cohorts longitudinally at two distinct time points after graduation.
• Income metrics are provided as medians, which can be more robust than averages.
• Field of study is classified using the standardized CIP Canada 2021 system.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Statistics Canada | Statistique Canada

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-24 12:48:31.268643; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Canada (inferred from source organization and classification systems)