University-educated immigrants are nearly twice as likely as Canadian-born citizens to work in jobs for which they are overqualified, while making less money on average, according to a report issued by Statistics Canada.
Using 2008 labour force data, the report states that more than 1.1 million workers aged 25 to 54 with a university degree worked in jobs whose normal requirements were, at most, a college education or apprenticeship. Overall, 42 per cent of immigrant workers in that age bracket had a higher level of education for the job than was normally required, as compared to 28 per cent of Canadian-born workers.
This same demographic also earns roughly $5 less an hour than their Canadian-born counterparts, making an average of $25.31 an hour in 2008.
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