How Persistent Is the Occupation-Education Mismatch in Canada?

Table 1

Wage changes between 2002 and 2007.

	Remaining in overqualification		Transition to a matched occupation
	Mean	Median	Mean	Median
Hourly wage, 2002	$16.56	$15.00	$16.81	$15.00
Hourly wage, 2007	$19.71	$17.68	$23.72	$21.12
Wage increase, 2002–2007	19.0%	17.9%	41.1%	40.8%

Source: authors’ calculation from the SLID, panel 5, 2002–2007.