A note on geography
Income is national (the Census income table has no provincial breakdown). Graduate supply and the linked-occupation outcomes are British Columbia.Median employment income (Canada)
BC postsecondary graduates
Occupations graduates of this field commonly enter, scored on graduate share, BC wage, growth, and automation risk. “Empirical” comes from real graduate flows; “content” is surfaced by skill similarity.
| Occupation | Share | BC wage | Growth | Risk | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Professional occupations in applied sciences (except engineering)empirical | 6.5% | $2,019 | +6.5% | 0.41 | View → |
| Professional occupations in engineeringempirical | 2.9% | $2,000 | +6.5% | 0.34 | View → |
| Specialized middle management occupations in engineering, architecture, science and information systemsempirical | 2.8% | — | — | 0.50 | View → |
| Middle management occupations in retail and wholesale trade and customer servicesempirical | 2.5% | — | — | 0.50 | View → |
| Technical occupations related to applied sciences (except engineering)empirical | 2.2% | — | — | 0.50 | View → |
| Professional occupations in government servicesempirical | 2.7% | $1,591 | +7.2% | 0.38 | View → |
| Professional occupations in education servicesempirical | 12.0% | $1,616 | +4.8% | 0.33 | View → |
| Professional occupations in natural sciencesempirical | 15.0% | $1,720 | +1.9% | 0.32 | View → |
Sources: Census 98-10-0412 (income, national), StatCan 37-10-0183 (graduate supply, BC), 14-10-0417/0416 (BC occupation outcomes), O*NET (skill similarity).