Level of postsecondary schooling and field of study remain significant markers of social stratification. However, the extent to which these various types of postsecondary schooling influence the labor market outcomes of recent male and female graduates is unknown. Drawing on data from Statistics Canada’s 2013 National Graduates Survey, we examine the employment status and gender gap in earnings among recent Canadian male and female graduates at different levels of postsecondary education and various fields of study, three years after graduation. The findings indicate substantial gender disparities in employment status across all types of postsecondary education. The gender gap in earnings is highest among trades and community college graduates, but effectively disappears for graduates with earned doctorate degrees. With respect to field of study, the gender wage gap is smallest among liberal arts graduates and largest among graduates with math-, computer science-, or engineering-related credentials. The policy implications associated with these findings should be of interest to international researchers as pay equity among men and women in the workforce remains a priority for all OECD countries.

中学后教育水平和研究领域仍然是社会分层的重要标志。然而，这些不同类型的高等教育对近期男女毕业生的劳动力市场结果的影响程度尚不清楚。根据加拿大统计局 2013 年全国毕业生调查的数据，我们调查了毕业三年后，加拿大男女毕业生在不同高等教育水平和各个研究领域的就业状况和收入性别差距。调查结果表明，所有类型的高等教育在就业状况方面存在巨大的性别差异。贸易和社区大学毕业生的收入性别差距最大，但对于获得博士学位的毕业生来说，这实际上消失了。就研究领域而言，文科毕业生的性别工资差距最小，拥有数学、计算机科学或工程相关证书的毕业生的性别工资差距最大。与这些发现相关的政策含义应该引起国际研究人员的兴趣，因为劳动力中的男女薪酬平等仍然是所有经合组织国家的优先事项。