Salary figures for the current year
are displayed in the context of the previous years and compared to the
changes in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) to show trends in the purchasing
power of median and beginning professional salaries. Salary figures and
CPI numbers have been converted to adjusted indexes using July 1984 as
the base.
|
|
|
|
|
Median |
Salary Index |
|
|
|
|
1998-99
|
11
|
3,819
|
$56,000
|
$29,877
|
165.3
|
181.0
|
163.2
|
156.9
|
|
1997-98
|
11
|
3,779
|
55,055
|
28,724
|
162.5
|
174.0
|
160.5
|
154.3
|
|
1996-97
|
11
|
3,799
|
51,150
|
28,380
|
151.0
|
172.0
|
157.0
|
151.0
|
|
1995-96
|
11
|
3,915
|
49,149
|
28,162
|
145.1
|
170.7
|
152.5
|
146.7
|
|
1994-95
|
11
|
3,837
|
47,997
|
27,813
|
141.7
|
168.6
|
148.4
|
142.8
|
|
1993-94
|
11
|
4,003
|
44,949
|
26,806
|
132.7
|
162.5
|
144.4
|
139.0
|
|
1992-93
|
11
|
4,172
|
43,876
|
23,500
|
129.6
|
142.4
|
140.2
|
134.9
|
|
1991-92
|
11
|
2,906
|
42,455
|
23,500
|
125.4
|
142.4
|
136.2
|
131.1
|
|
1990-91
|
12
|
1,363
|
36,013
|
20,800
|
106.3
|
126.1
|
130.7
|
125.8
|
|
1989-90
|
11
|
3,767
|
40,106
|
20,195
|
118.4
|
122.4
|
124.0
|
119.3
|
|
1988-89
|
11
|
3,781
|
37,544
|
19,100
|
110.9
|
115.8
|
118.3
|
113.9
|
|
1987-88
|
11
|
3,765
|
36,250
|
18,405
|
107.0
|
111.5
|
113.6
|
109.3
|
|
1986-87
|
10
|
2,790
|
33,020
|
17,912
|
97.5
|
108.6
|
109.6
|
105.5
|
|
1985-86
|
12
|
3,874
|
33,720
|
17,308
|
99.6
|
104.9
|
107.6
|
103.6
|
|
1984-85
|
11
|
3,840
|
33,863
|
16,500
|
100.0
|
100.0
|
103.9
|
100.0
|
Canadian salaries expressed in U.S. dollars.
** - Beginning professional
salary.