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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
Median salary for 25 to 54 year old Albertans with a university degree who work full time is $75k.
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1...pid=9810045301
$119k is a slappin salary. Anyone who doesn’t realize that - teachers, engineers, software developers, accountants, whoever - has a skewed perception of norms from being surrounded by other upper-middle-class professionals. |
Bad comparison.
Lots of people who have a degree don't work in their chosen field - there are plenty of BAs working at Best Buy. People with a BEd who aren't working as teachers as well.
The proper comparison is a professional with six years of university working in their chosen field. So comparing a top grid teacher with a someone with equivalent education working at their professional firm after 7 years is how you'd compare. A first year lawyer (so 7 years education typically) in Calgary makes $110K on average. It's double that for a 10 year lawyer.
Average salary for a chemical engineer in Calgary is $124K. 3 year CPA median salary is $134K.