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Description for Chart 3
earnings (2010 dollars) | |
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Finance and financial management services* | 160,099.93 |
Business/commerce, general* | 154,758.04 |
Geological and Earth sciences/geosciences | 132,787.31 |
Business administration, management and operations* | 129,881.61 |
Accounting and related services* | 128,309.71 |
Engineering, general* | 117,159.62 |
Economics | 112,518.61 |
All fields of study | 110,199.13 |
Chemical engineering | 107,370.93 |
Civil engineering | 106,007.42 |
Biological and physical sciences | 104,330.22 |
Electrical, electronics and communications engineering* | 102,558.73 |
Mechanical engineering* | 99,287.75 |
Computer engineering* | 98,200.63 |
Computer science* | 95,606.04 |
Public administration* | 93,377.16 |
City/urban, community and regional planning* | 90,274.05 |
Political science and government* | 89,772.97 |
Natural resources conservation and research* | 86,787.94 |
Architecture* | 84,446.17 |
Educational administration and supervision* | 84,008.26 |
Physics* | 83,526.04 |
Chemistry* | 82,945.00 |
Education, general* | 82,165.58 |
Biology, general* | 81,665.41 |
Geography and cartography* | 80,344.45 |
History* | 79,406.38 |
Psychology, general* | 74,091.38 |
Library science and administration* | 66,455.89 |
Social work* | 62,958.18 |
Theological and ministerial studies* | 50,184.45 |
*
significantly different from reference category (p<0.05)
Notes:
The 5% significance level indicates that the field of study is different than the average across all fields. The sample includes 25- to 54-year-olds who completed their highest level of education in Canada, who worked full year, full time (i.e., 49 to 52 weeks, mainly full time) as a paid employee, with positive wages and zero self-employment income. CIP: Classification of Instructional Programs.
Source:
Statistics Canada, 2011 National Household Survey.
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