| Age group | Median income | Average income |
|---|---|---|
| 25-34 | $50,356 | $52,858 |
| 35-44 | $63,447 | $69,646 |
| 45-54 | $67,188 | $77,219 |
| 55-64 | $56,841 | $70,030 |
| 65+ | $28,200 | $38,080 |
| Age group | Median net worth | Average net worth |
|---|---|---|
| 25-34 | $87,600 | $233,800 |
| 35-44 | $225,400 | $383,100 |
| 45-54 | $372,200 | $585,200 |
| 55-64 | $481,000 | $685,100 |
| 65+ | $406,900 | $612,500 |
At 45-54, New Brunswick posts the single lowest median income of any province in this dataset: $67,188, below even Newfoundland and Labrador's $68,841 in the same band. That relationship does not hold everywhere, though. At 35-44, it is Prince Edward Island that falls to the very bottom, at $62,939, with New Brunswick's $63,447 landing just above it — not below, as at 45-54. At 55-64 and 65 and older, New Brunswick's income rises above Newfoundland and Labrador's — the reverse of the 45-54 relationship, not a continuation of it — at $56,841 against $56,289, and at $28,200 against $26,600. The one band where none of this applies is 25-34, where New Brunswick's $50,356 median income is comfortably mid-table, seventh of ten, ahead of Prince Edward Island, Manitoba and Nova Scotia. Net worth does not share any of this movement: New Brunswick's net worth is the lowest of any province in this dataset in every one of the five age bands without exception, from $87,600 among those 25-34 to $481,000 among those 55-64. New Brunswick's economy leans on public administration and services rather than the resource extraction that lifts income in Alberta or Saskatchewan, and nothing in the net worth figures suggests savings or home equity are making up the difference at any age.
Income above is individual-level, from the 2021 Census, and varies by gender and education. Net worth is family-level, from the Survey of Financial Security, and is compared by province and age only — it is not broken down by gender or education, so changing those inputs would not change the net worth figures shown here.