The bar chart compares the number of paid and volunteer workers hired to carry out 4 different tasks in the sports sector in an Australian town in 2015.
Overall, volunteers outnumbered paid workers in three out of four roles, with the exception of referees, where the trend was reversed. Moreover, the coaching role attracted an exceptionally higher number of volunteers.
Starting with workers directly involved in sports, 73 unpaid workers served as coaches, a substantial contrast to their paid counterparts, with about 43. However, this disparity was less pronounced between the number of volunteers and paid workers who were hired as referees, with respective figures of 31 and 39.
The remaining two categories exhibited a similar pattern to each other. ( Introductory sentence). As for therapists, the number of volunteers exceeded that of paid workers, 45 compared to little over 40. Other unspecified sections were the second most popular sector for both types of workers, yet organizers opted to ( favor for/ choose/ give the preference to) ) engage 59 volunteers, as opposed to 49 paid workers.