Fraser Institute News Release: Median income in Vancouver nearly $24,000 less than in Seattle—B.C. cities rank low in regional income rankings
“At a time when affordability is top of mind, workers in B.C.
- “At a time when affordability is top of mind, workers in B.C.
- make considerably less money than their counterparts in other jurisdictions,” said Ben Eisen, senior fellow at the Fraser Institute and co-author of Measuring British Columbia’s Prosperity Gap at the Metropolitan Level.
- “Many British Columbians would likely be surprised to learn that workers in next-door Washington make substantially more than they do,” Eisen said.
- “With its relatively low median employment income, Vancouver is an outlier among big cities in the western part of Canada and the United States,” Eisen said.