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The title of the graph is "Chart 2.6.1 Estimated gross annual earnings of 2009-2010 graduates with a college diploma working full-time in 2013, by selected fields of study."
This is a bar clustered chart.
This is a horizontal bar graph, so categories are on the vertical axis and values on the horizontal axis.
There are in total 18 categories in the vertical axis. The horizontal axis starts at 0 and ends at 80,000 with ticks every 20,000 points.
There are 3 series in this graph.
The horizontal axis is "dollars."
The vertical axis is "Fields of study."
The title of series 1 is "25th percentile ."
The minimum value is 20,800 and it corresponds to "Personal and Culinary Services."
The maximum value is 44,000 and it corresponds to "Nursing."
The title of series 2 is "Median."
The minimum value is 29,600 and it corresponds to "Personal and Culinary Services."
The maximum value is 55,600 and it corresponds to "Mechanic and Repair Technologies/Technicians."
The title of series 3 is "75th percentile."
The minimum value is 37,400 and it corresponds to "Personal and Culinary Services."
The maximum value is 74,300 and it corresponds to "Engineering Technologies/Technicians."

Data table for chart 2.6.1 Estimated gross annual earnings of 2009-2010 graduates with a college diploma working full-time in 2013, by selected fields of study, dollars
  25th percentile Median 75th percentile
Personal and Culinary Services 20,800 29,600 37,400
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences 28,600 33,800 39,000
*Visual and Performing Arts, and Communications Technologies 28,400 35,100 46,800
*Social and Behavioural Sciences, and Law 29,200 36,400 42,000
*Personal, Protective and Transportation Services 30,000 36,500 54,600
*Humanities 28,600 40,000 43,800
*Business, Management and Public Administration 31,700 40,000 50,000
*Physical and Life Sciences, and Technologies 25,500 40,000 52,900
*Agriculture, Natural Resources and Conservation 29,100 41,100 55,000
Total 33,200 41,600 56,000
*Education 34,300 41,600 52,000
*Health, Parks, Recreation and Fitness 34,000 43,000 56,000
*Mathematics, Computer and Information Sciences 38,000 45,000 58,000
Nursing 44,000 49,400 56,200
*Architecture, Engineering and Related Technologies 40,000 52,000 72,800
Engineering Technologies/Technicians 40,000 52,000 74,300
Construction Trades 36,700 54,100 72,800
Mechanic and Repair Technologies/Technicians 41,200 55,600 73,000
* Denotes a major grouping of fields of study – corresponding to a primary grouping in CIP, 2000. If there is no star, it denotes a minor grouping/CIP 2-digit grouping. See box on CIP, 2000 for more information.
Note:
Graduates who pursued further education after their 2009-2010 graduation are excluded from this chart.
Source:
Statistics Canada, National Graduates Survey, 2013. (Class of 2009-2010).
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