Table 10
Average annual earnings of women and men, by occupation, 2008

Table 10
Average annual earnings of women and men, by occupation, 2008
Table summary
This table displays the results of Average annual earnings of women and men. The information is grouped by Type of occupation appearing as row headers and is grouped by Full-year, full-time workers, All workers, Women, Men, Earnings ratio appearing as column headers, calculated using dollars and percentage as a unit of measure.
Type of occupation Full-year, full-time workers All workers
Women Men Earnings
ratio
Women Men Earnings
ratio
dollars percentage dollars percentage
Management 62,900 86,300 72.9 55,600 83,800 66.4
Administrative 43,900 61,400 71.5 36,800 56,800 64.8
Professionals
Business and finance 62,600 106,700E 58.6 54,500 95,700 57.0
Natural sciences 64,600 77,400 83.5 55,500 67,300 82.4
Social sciences/government/religion 43,100 86,600 49.8 34,300 73,400 46.7
Teachings 60,200 72,600 83.0 48,200 55,700 86.6
Medicine/health1 73,200 128,900 56.8 60,600 118,300 51.2
Artistic/recreational 42,400 49,700 85.4 29,800 35,300 84.3
Clerical2 40,000 49,100 81.5 31,200 40,100 77.8
Sales/service 28,400 49,500 57.3 17,800 32,900 54.1
Trades/transportation 36,800 49,800 73.9 25,800 42,300 61.0
Primary 23,400 47,800 49.0 17,400 38,300 45.5
Manufacturing 28,100 50,500 55.7 23,700 43,200 54.8
Total 44,700 62,600 71.3 30,700 47,400 64.6
1. Includes nurses and nurse supervisors.
2. Technical, assisting and related occupations in health.
Note: Average annual earnings excludes Canadians with no earnings.
Source: Statistics Canada, Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics.
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