Postsecondary Graduate Income 10 Years After Graduation in Canada

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

Use Cases

• Analyze income disparities across fields of study based on the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) groupings.
• Model the relationship between educational qualification level and median employment income a decade after graduation.
• Compare long-term career outcomes for graduates with professional degrees versus other credentials.

Strengths

• Data is provided by Statistics Canada, a national statistical agency.
• Includes median employment income measured at a consistent 10-year post-graduation point.
• Available in multiple machine-readable formats including CSV and XML.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

Statistics Canada | Statistique Canada

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-24 12:48:34.535891; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Canada