The table illustrates the maximum, minimum, and average earnings of employees in five different sectors in 2009.
Overall, it is evident that people working in finance earned the highest salaries across all three categories, while those in hospitality had the lowest income levels. There was a significant disparity between the maximum and minimum salaries in all sectors.
In detail, the finance sector offered the highest maximum salary at £8850, which was nearly double that of transportation (£4580) and much more than the other sectors. The minimum salary in finance was also the highest at £1600. On average, finance employees earned £5225, making it the most lucrative sector.
Transportation came second in terms of average income at £2712, followed by manufacturing (£2215), construction (£1945), and hospitality (£1895). The lowest minimum salary was seen in construction, at only £790, while the maximum salaries in manufacturing and hospitality were £3500 and £2900 respectively.