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The gap is there and the stats prove it.

Women are earning less than men and university graduates are raking in more, shows a report released by Statistics Canada on Tuesday.

The study, “Cumulative earnings by major field of study, 1991 to 2010” shows the cumulative earnings of college and bachelor’s degree graduates in nine different fields. The study used information from 15,166 graduates aged 26 to 35 in 1991. Their earnings were collected from T1 Income Tax Returns.

Engineering, business, health, and math and science graduates are among the top five earners for men and women, according to the study. Other fields included arts, humanities, education life and social sciences.

The report notes that women with bachelor’s degrees earned a cumulative average of $ 555,700 less than men.

Median cumulative earnings

Median cumulative earnings by gender. Numbers combine bachelor's degree and college certificate.

SOURCE: Statistics Canada

There were also gaps within the big earners. The report showed that only about 10 per cent of male graduates with a bachelor’s degree had an average annual earnings of $200,000 or more.

Male university graduates earned an average of $1,517,200, approximately 1.7 times more than those with high school diplomas.

The study compared the annual income for graduates in 1991 and 2010.

Each field showed a growth in earnings, but the average change for men with bachelor’s degrees was $14,100 more than college graduates.

Field of study, 1991 and 2010, Men

This chart show the change in annual earnings of men based on field of study in 1991 and 2010 in 2010 constant dollars.

SOURCE: Statistics Canada

Field of study, 1991 and 2010, Women

This chart show the change in annual earnings of women based on field of study in 1991 and 2010 in 2010 constant dollars.

SOURCE: Statistics Canada