A glance at the line graphs illustrate the proportion of math graduates and all graduates who got a full-time job after graduating from a university in Australia. And the table also reveals the average salary of both graduates, during the period from 2004 to 2012.
Overall, the percentage of full-time workers with a university degree experienced a slight decline for both math and all graduates over the given period. In contrast, the average salary of math graduates increased constantly, surpassing that of all graduates.
The proportion of full-time workers with a math degree started at 80% in 2004, rose to a peak of 90% in 2006, and then declined steadily to return to 80% by 2012. Similarly, the percentage of full-time workers with any degree increased from over 60% in 2004 to about 90% in 2008, then declined steadily to over 60% in 2012.
Conversely, while the average salary of math graduates remained unchanged with all graduates in 2004 and 2006 at $41000 and $43000, respectively, it consistently exceeded the average salary of all graduates from 2008 to 2012. In 2012, the average salary of math graduates peaked at $60000, surpassing the average earning of all graduates, which stood at $51000.