Task:The table below shows the maximum, minimum and average monthly salaries in a European country in five employment sectors in 2009.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
Monthly salaries by sector, 2009
Employment sector |
maximum |
minimum |
average |
Finance |
€7450 |
€1334 |
€2560 |
Transport |
€5480 |
€843 |
€1704 |
Construction |
€3408 |
€817 |
€1635 |
Manufacturing |
€3147 |
€964 |
€2098 |
Hotels |
€2098 |
€886 |
€1256 |
Sample answer:
The table given provides some information about the different amount of salaries in five industires in a European country in 2009. We can see from the table that people in finance industry earn more salary while the situation was opposite for people in hotel industry.
People in Finance sector earned the highest maximun salary(7450 euros), minimum salary(1334 euros) and average salary(2560 euros) while both the maximum salary and average salary in hotel industry were the least at 2098 euros and 1256 euros respectively. Another point also worth mentioning is that the salary gap of finance industry was the largest at a huge of 6116 euros and while people in hotel industry earned the least, the gap was the smallest at 1212 euros.
In terms of the other three sectors, the maximum salary of transport( 5480 euros) sector hugely outnumbered that of both construction sector(3408 euros) and manufacturing(3147 euros). However, the situation of minimum salary and average salary were quite similar in these three countries at approximately 850 euros and 1700 euros respectively.
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