Human Capital: the facts - Montréal InVivo

Human Capital: the facts

With its eleven institutions of higher learning, including four major universities (two French-language and two English-language), several colleges and many private and public schools, the Montreal metropolitan area is a fantastic reservoir of highly skilled human resources.

 

Montreal has 160,000 students including the largest number of foreign students in Canada (17,000). Nearly

 

40,000 students earned a university degree in 2003 and close to 40% of the total population has a college or university degree.

 

Montreal is second only to Boston, MA among leading North American cities in terms of the proportion of uni- versity students per capita.

 

More than half of the population is bilingual

 

(French/English) although more than 80 languages are spoken in the region.

 

Nearly 9,000 students are currently enrolled in a pro- gram related to life sciences and over 2,000 university degrees are awarded every year in life sciences.

 

Scientists

 

Montreal ranks 8th in North America for biophar- maceutical jobs.

 

The life sciences industry employs over 37,000 highly skilled people including 9,000 employees working at 125 public research organizations.

 

Management

 

With 660 companies or establishments, the Metro Montreal life sciences industry offers a reservoir of trained and skilled professionals and managers.

 

Higher education

 

Five institutions of higher education in Metro Montreal offer specialized programs in life sciences:

 

University of Montreal – 16 programs
McGill University – 10 programs
INRS / Institut Armand Frappier – 4 programs
Concordia University – 3 programs
Univesité du Québec à Montreal – 2 programs

 

Average Annual Salary Comparison (in US$)

 

Position Montreal* Seattle Boston San Francisco San Diego
Medical Laboratory Technician $32,294 $38,310 $38,260 $40,604 $36,116
Scientific Researcher $54,317 $62,842 $63,563 $66 401 $60,711
Biochemist $67,370 $76,363 $77,416 $80,722 $74,332
Medical Laboratory Manager $60,399 $74,006 $74,941 $79,120 $71,920
Operations Manager $72,251 $93,977 $93,564 $97,277 $89,226

 

Source : ERI Economic Research Institute, January 1, 2005

 

This document had been prepared by: Montréal International


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