Household income

Is your household income good in Quebec?

Individual incomeHousehold income

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

Median household income
$79,000
Half of households earn more, half less.
Top 10% earn above
$208,900
The 90th percentile.
Bottom 10% below
$26,700
The 10th percentile.

Check your household

Where does your household income rank in Quebec?

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

The distribution

Household income by decile in Quebec

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

10th: $26,70020th: $39,00030th: $51,40040th: $64,00050th: $79,00060th: $99,10070th: $123,30080th: $156,20090th: $208,900

Compare provinces

Where $79,000 goes furthest

Take-home pay, tax rate, and income percentile for $79,000 in every province and territory.

Comparison of $79,000 across all provinces and territories
#Province / territoryTake-home payAvg. tax rateTotal deductionsIncome percentile
1Nunavut$60,31216.7%23.7%28th
2British Columbia$59,28318.0%25.0%46th
3Northwest Territories$59,09118.2%25.2%27th
4Yukon$58,84718.5%25.5%37th
5Alberta$58,52818.9%25.9%41st
6Ontario$58,26919.2%26.2%44th
7Saskatchewan$56,54021.4%28.4%46th
8New Brunswick$56,01222.1%29.1%53rd
9Manitoba$55,96222.2%29.2%48th
10Newfoundland and Labrador$55,50022.7%29.7%51st
11Quebec You$55,03422.9%30.3%50th
12Prince Edward Island$54,96923.4%30.4%52nd
13Nova Scotia$54,22124.4%31.4%53rd

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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