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Mean age-adjusted earnings of men and women, by field of study, 2010 Table 1
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Table 1
Mean age-adjusted earnings of men and women, by field of study, 2010
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This table displays the results of Mean age-adjusted earnings of men and women. The information is grouped by CIP Code (appearing as row headers), Field of Study, College, Bachelors, Masters, Men and Women, calculated using earnings (2010 dollars) units of measure (appearing as column headers).
CIP Code	Field of Study	College		Bachelors		Masters
		Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women
		earnings (2010 dollars)
1.00	Agriculture, general	54,095^Note *		71,610^Note *	59,829
1.03	Agricultural production operations	48,329^Note *
1.06	Applied horticulture/horticultural business services	58,948^Note *	38,855^Note *
3.01	Natural resources conservation and research	73,514^Note *		79,448^Note *	65,014	86,788^Note *	76,566
3.02	Natural resources management and policy	67,374	60,126^Note *
3.05	Forestry	63,693^Note *	47,135	72,277^Note *
3.06	Wildlife and wildlands science and management	61,992^Note *
4.02	Architecture			78,738^Note *	64,290	84,446^Note *
4.03	City/urban, community and regional planning			84,319	66,414	90,274^Note *	74,163
4.09	Architectural sciences and technology	69,677^Note *	53,502^Note *
5.01	Area studies				56,851^Note *
9.01	Communication and media studies	67,594	53,607^Note *	71,466^Note *	61,712^Note *
9.04	Journalism	59,027^Note *	55,221^Note *	73,217^Note *	67,580
9.09	Public relations, advertising and applied communication	64,652	57,860^Note *		64,610
10.02	Audiovisual communications technologies/technicians	58,561^Note *	51,968^Note *
10.03	Graphic communications	53,390^Note *	46,424
11.01	Computer and information sciences and support services, general	65,011^Note *	53,390^Note *	80,290^Note *	63,534
11.02	Computer programming	67,801	54,900^Note *
11.05	Computer systems analysis/analyst	65,480	54,578^Note *
11.06	Data entry/microcomputer applications		42,046^Note *
11.07	Computer science	66,965	59,657^Note *	85,992	74,972^Note *	95,606^Note *	77,776
11.08	Computer software and media applications	56,356^Note *	42,860^Note *
11.10	Computer/information technology administration and management	60,765^Note *	47,120
12.03	Funeral service and mortuary science	60,860
12.04	Cosmetology and related personal grooming services		36,158^Note *
12.05	Culinary arts and related services	47,212^Note *	37,066^Note *
13.01	Education, general		43,272^Note *	66,900^Note *	61,985^Note *	82,166^Note *	71,313^Note *
13.04	Educational administration and supervision					84,008^Note *	74,090^Note *
13.10	Special education and teaching	50,280^Note *	41,908^Note *		51,927^Note *
13.11	Student counselling and personnel services						59,944^Note *
13.12	Teacher education and professional development, specific levels and methods			62,567^Note *	54,703^Note *		65,342^Note *
13.13	Teacher education and professional development, specific subject areas			67,080^Note *	61,563^Note *		65,941^Note *
13.15	Teaching assistants/aides		37,684^Note *
14.01	Engineering, general			107,941^Note *	85,603^Note *	117,160^Note *	91,249^Note *
14.07	Chemical engineering			120,148^Note *	94,385^Note *	107,371
14.08	Civil engineering			99,644^Note *	81,075^Note *	106,007
14.09	Computer engineering			93,373^Note *	78,363^Note *	98,201^Note *
14.10	Electrical, electronics and communications engineering			94,132^Note *	80,576^Note *	102,559^Note *
14.19	Mechanical engineering			103,600^Note *	86,549^Note *	99,288^Note *
14.35	Industrial engineering			89,770
15.00	Engineering technology, general	77,765^Note *	60,104^Note *
15.02	Civil engineering technology/technician	75,478^Note *	58,544^Note *
15.03	Electrical and electronic engineering technologies/technicians	70,475^Note *	54,911^Note *
15.04	Electromechanical and instrumentation and maintenance technologies/technicians	76,179^Note *
15.05	Environmental control technologies/technicians	66,791	59,966^Note *
15.06	Industrial production technologies/technicians	74,418^Note *	56,349^Note *
15.07	Quality control and safety technologies/technicians	70,898	55,664^Note *
15.08	Mechanical engineering related technologies/technicians	73,283^Note *
15.09	Mining and petroleum technologies/technicians	102,986^Note *
15.10	Construction engineering technology/technician	76,831^Note *
15.11	Engineering-related technologies	69,549
15.12	Computer engineering technologies/technicians	65,959	56,645^Note *
15.13	Drafting/design engineering technologies/technicians	66,684	48,830
15.99	Engineering technologies and engineering-related fields, other	79,098^Note *
16.01	Linguistic, comparative and related language studies and services			58,301^Note *	57,849^Note *		62,614^Note *
19.01	Family and consumer sciences/human sciences, general				53,761^Note *
19.05	Foods, nutrition and related services		45,521		62,526
19.07	Human development, family studies and related services	45,618^Note *	39,371^Note *		50,607^Note *
22.03	Legal support services	63,618^Note *	48,448^Note *
23.01	English language and literature, general			73,027^Note *	58,891^Note *		72,012^Note *
23.14	English literature			71,598^Note *	57,717^Note *
24.01	Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities	53,937^Note *	42,120^Note *	81,204^Note *	60,836^Note *		73,144
25.01	Library science and administration					66,456^Note *	67,439^Note *
25.03	Library and archives assisting		44,065^Note *
26.01	Biology, general			73,251^Note *	60,761^Note *	81,665^Note *	66,407^Note *
26.02	Biochemistry/biophysics and molecular biology			75,542^Note *	63,951		66,245^Note *
26.05	Microbiological sciences and immunology			73,944^Note *	63,847
27.01	Mathematics			95,587^Note *	79,852^Note *
30.01	Biological and physical sciences	66,558	50,952^Note *	79,812^Note *	62,570^Note *	104,330	71,979^Note *
30.08	Mathematics and computer science			85,003
30.16	Accounting and computer science		41,064^Note *
31.01	Parks, recreation and leisure studies	57,131^Note *	47,328	65,423^Note *	52,714^Note *
31.05	Health and physical education/fitness	59,323^Note *	46,062	75,937^Note *	63,259
38.01	Philosophy, logic and ethics			66,592^Note *
39.06	Theological and ministerial studies	49,336^Note *		51,791^Note *		50,184^Note *	49,415^Note *
40.05	Chemistry	68,684		79,534^Note *	68,805	82,945^Note *
40.06	Geological and Earth sciences/geosciences			119,397^Note *	80,314^Note *	132,787
40.08	Physics	73,366^Note *		85,983		83,526^Note *
41.00	Science technologies/technicians, general		52,251^Note *
41.03	Physical science technologies/technicians	74,872^Note *	60,167^Note *
42.01	Psychology, general			68,905^Note *	58,282^Note *	74,091^Note *	66,128^Note *
42.27	Research and experimental psychology				57,278^Note *
42.28	Clinical, counselling and applied psychology				53,877^Note *		67,450^Note *
43.01	Criminal justice and corrections	73,719^Note *	58,085^Note *
43.02	Fire protection	75,600^Note *
44.00	Human services, general	50,105^Note *	45,191^Note *		50,624^Note *
44.04	Public administration					93,377^Note *	83,196^Note *
44.07	Social work	53,919^Note *	44,548^Note *	56,407^Note *	56,717^Note *	62,958^Note *	67,453^Note *
45.01	Social sciences, general	57,877^Note *	42,449^Note *	74,354^Note *	61,836
45.02	Anthropology			69,949^Note *	54,901^Note *
45.04	Criminology	76,813^Note *	63,721^Note *	79,744^Note *	61,410^Note *
45.06	Economics			93,256^Note *	69,814^Note *	112,519	81,987
45.07	Geography and cartography	61,151^Note *		76,031^Note *	59,713^Note *	80,344^Note *
45.10	Political science and government			85,069	66,182	89,773^Note *	78,393
45.11	Sociology			73,934^Note *	59,502^Note *		68,619^Note *
46.00	Construction trades, general	59,776
46.02	Carpentry/carpenter	55,822^Note *
46.03	Electrical and power transmission installers	70,034^Note *
46.04	Building/construction finishing, management and inspection	59,263^Note *
46.05	Plumbing and related water supply services	67,399
47.00	Mechanics and repairers, general	58,229^Note *
47.01	Electrical/electronics maintenance and repair technology	60,968^Note *
47.02	Heating, air conditioning, ventilation and refrigeration maintenance technology/technician	64,987
47.03	Heavy/industrial equipment maintenance technologies	72,339^Note *
47.05	Stationary energy sources installer and operator	95,567^Note *
47.06	Vehicle maintenance and repair technologies	61,136^Note *
48.05	Precision metal working	61,442^Note *
48.07	Woodworking	49,989^Note *
49.01	Air transportation	85,556^Note *
49.02	Ground transportation	59,320^Note *
49.03	Marine transportation	79,132^Note *
50.04	Design and applied arts	54,600^Note *	45,980^Note *	65,476^Note *	59,240
50.05	Drama/theatre arts and stagecraft	54,825^Note *			53,412^Note *
50.06	Film/video and photographic arts	54,651^Note *	44,102^Note *	64,988^Note *
50.07	Fine arts and art studies	54,032^Note *	42,052^Note *	62,189^Note *	53,040^Note *
50.09	Music	52,817^Note *		55,942^Note *	52,516^Note *
51.00	Health services/allied health/health sciences, general		45,423^Note *		61,677^Note *
51.02	Communication disorders sciences and services						73,463^Note *
51.06	Dental support services and allied professions		45,753^Note *
51.07	Health and medical administrative services		40,636^Note *
51.08	Allied health and medical assisting services	60,631^Note *	42,976^Note *
51.09	Allied health diagnostic, intervention and treatment professions	77,286^Note *	62,415^Note *		68,532^Note *
51.10	Clinical/medical laboratory science/research and allied professions	61,537^Note *	53,321^Note *
51.15	Mental and social health services and allied professions		43,645^Note *
51.18	Ophthalmic and optometric support services and allied professions		47,481
51.22	Public health						76,621
51.23	Rehabilitation and therapeutic professions		44,656^Note *	72,888^Note *	63,113		80,090
51.26	Health aides/attendants/orderlies	45,193^Note *	36,485^Note *
51.31	Dietetics and clinical nutrition services		41,547^Note *		60,141^Note *
51.35	Somatic bodywork and related therapeutic services		43,670^Note *
51.38	Registered nursing, nursing administration, nursing research and clinical nursing	67,023	62,441^Note *	78,052^Note *	71,446^Note *		80,615
51.39	Practical nursing, vocational nursing and nursing assistants	47,186^Note *	46,093^Note *
52.01	Business/commerce, general	72,607^Note *	50,119^Note *	104,880^Note *	75,905^Note *	154,758^Note *	111,327^Note *
52.02	Business administration, management and operations	66,646	48,487^Note *	85,318	64,126	129,882^Note *	99,367^Note *
52.03	Accounting and related services	64,401^Note *	48,767^Note *	107,020^Note *	78,802^Note *	128,310^Note *	99,060^Note *
52.04	Business operations support and assistant services	52,141^Note *	41,357^Note *
52.06	Business/managerial economics			85,888
52.08	Finance and financial management services	73,266^Note *	52,879^Note *	116,473^Note *	75,266^Note *	160,100^Note *	111,714^Note *
52.09	Hospitality administration/management	55,439^Note *	46,080^Note *		56,537^Note *
52.10	Human resources management and services	62,025^Note *	56,541^Note *	78,152^Note *	65,867		82,610
52.12	Management information systems and services	63,412		82,950^Note *	70,790^Note *
52.13	Management sciences and quantitative methods			130,547^Note *	94,525^Note *
52.14	Marketing	72,064^Note *	53,225^Note *	89,383	68,266^Note *
52.15	Real estate	66,037	50,931^Note *
52.17	Insurance	74,334	54,611^Note *
52.18	General sales, merchandising and related marketing operations	62,943	46,297
52.19	Specialized sales, merchandising and marketing operations	53,149^Note *	45,620^Note *
54.01	History			72,167^Note *	58,131^Note *	79,406^Note *	69,039^Note *
55.01	French language and literature, general		39,698^Note *		58,490^Note *
55.14	French literature				50,328^Note *
	All fields of study	66,611	47,582	87,543	64,420	110,199	78,788
Note * significantly different from average earnings across all fields of study (p < 0.05) Return to note * referrer Notes: Blank cells indicate insufficient sample size. CIP: Classification of Instructional Programs. Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 National Household Survey.

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