Household income

Is your household income good in New Brunswick?

Individual incomeHousehold income

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

Median household income
$73,000
Half of households earn more, half less.
Top 10% earn above
$187,500
The 90th percentile.
Bottom 10% below
$25,300
The 10th percentile.

Check your household

Where does your household income rank in New Brunswick?

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

The distribution

Household income by decile in New Brunswick

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

10th: $25,30020th: $34,80030th: $46,00040th: $59,00050th: $73,00060th: $90,80070th: $110,90080th: $139,60090th: $187,500

Compare provinces

Where $73,000 goes furthest

Take-home pay, tax rate, and income percentile for $73,000 in every province and territory.

Comparison of $73,000 across all provinces and territories
#Province / territoryTake-home payAvg. tax rateTotal deductionsIncome percentile
1Nunavut$56,23415.8%23.0%25th
2British Columbia$55,24717.1%24.3%43rd
3Northwest Territories$55,10817.3%24.5%25th
4Yukon$54,88817.6%24.8%34th
5Alberta$54,62918.0%25.2%38th
6Ontario$54,32018.4%25.6%41st
7Saskatchewan$52,79120.5%27.7%43rd
8New Brunswick You$52,35321.1%28.3%50th
9Manitoba$52,22821.3%28.5%44th
10Newfoundland and Labrador$51,87121.7%28.9%48th
11Quebec$51,48021.8%29.5%46th
12Prince Edward Island$51,46622.3%29.5%48th
13Nova Scotia$50,72223.3%30.5%50th

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.

What's next

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