Immigrant wages in Canada are on the rise: study

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Ottawa: According to a new Statistics Canada study, the wages of immigrants who became permanent residents in 2018, is on rise as compared to previous years.

The study state that PR immigrant got maiden $31,900 reported in 2019, which is the highest among all groups of immigrants who came to Canada since 1981.

It was also about 4% higher than what 2017 immigrants made in 2018. However, it was still nearly 18% lower than the median wage of Canadian-born workers at $38,800 in 2019.

The study also focuses on discusses immigrant mobility and state that immigrants who landed in 2018 had a median salary of $43,600 one year later, which is more than 12% higher than the Canadian median wage in the same year ($38,800). The study analysis the reason behind this that how economic-class immigrants are selected.

Meanwhile, between 2010 and 2019, median wages went up for both men and women across all immigration categories, but immigrant men and women benefitted differently from these increases.