Household income

Is your household income good in Alberta?

Individual incomeHousehold income

See where your family's total income lands among households in Alberta — the median, the top 10%, and the full distribution, from official data.

Median household income
$96,600
Half of households earn more, half less.
Top 10% earn above
$245,300
The 90th percentile.
Bottom 10% below
$27,200
The 10th percentile.

Check your household

Where does your household income rank in Alberta?

Enter your household's total annual income to see your percentile.

The distribution

Household income by decile in Alberta

Each figure is the upper income limit of that decile (economic-family basis).

10th: $27,20020th: $43,40030th: $59,80040th: $77,40050th: $96,60060th: $118,40070th: $146,60080th: $184,50090th: $245,300

Compare provinces

Where $96,600 goes furthest

Take-home pay, tax rate, and income percentile for $96,600 in every province and territory.

Comparison of $96,600 across all provinces and territories
#Province / territoryTake-home payAvg. tax rateTotal deductionsIncome percentile
1Nunavut$72,83218.6%24.6%34th
2British Columbia$71,68019.8%25.8%55th
3Northwest Territories$71,32920.2%26.2%34th
4Yukon$71,01520.5%26.5%48th
5Alberta You$70,52021.0%27.0%50th
6Ontario$70,41121.1%27.1%53rd
7Saskatchewan$68,09223.5%29.5%55th
8Manitoba$67,47024.2%30.2%58th
9New Brunswick$67,30024.4%30.3%63rd
10Newfoundland and Labrador$66,60525.1%31.1%60th
11Quebec$66,03725.3%31.6%59th
12Prince Edward Island$65,79925.9%31.9%62nd
13Nova Scotia$65,03926.7%32.7%62nd

Ontario and Quebec figures are approximate: Ontario's surtax and Quebec's QPP2, parental insurance (QPIP), and prescription-drug contribution aren't modelled.

Take-home pay and tax rates treat the full household amount as one filer's employment income. Real households often split income between two earners, which usually lowers total tax — the income-percentile column is unaffected, since it comes directly from the household income distribution.

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