Canadian Work Experience and Education Boosts Immigrant Earning Potential – Study

This is something that I’ve actually known for a while, so I always advise people to get some form of Canadian training or education:

Prior Canadian work experience makes a big difference to the entry-level wages that new immigrants earn, a Statistics Canada study shows.
The report looking at outcomes for permanent residents who were admitted to Canada in 2016 found that those with prior work experience in Canada had the highest median entry wages of those studied after one year.
New permanent residents who had both worked and studied in Canada had a median entry wage of $39,800 one year after arrival, while those who had been work permit holders only had a median income of $38,100.
…A closer look at who saw the most gains in that 10-year span reveals that once again, work permit and study permit holders had the highest median wage, which was up 81 per cent to $63,800 in 2017.
“Their wage exceeded that of immigrants who held only a work permit (up 36 per cent to $48,100) and that of Canadians as a whole,” Statistics Canada said.

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