The charts illustrates the proportion of math and other students who were employed in full-time positions after their graduation from a university in Australia and how much they earn on averaged over a 8-year period, starting from 2004.
Overall, what stands out from the first chart is that the percentage of math graduates and other graduates who were able to find a job witnessed a fluctuation with a downward trend, with the former had more popular than the latter. Another noticeable from the second table is that both types experienced an acsending shift, with maths also held the top spot until the end of the period.
Regarding the first chart, the proportion of maths graduates students stood at 80%, closely followed by the figure for all graduates with 61% at the beginning of the period. In 2006, a slight rise was observed in the percentage of maths graduates students, reached a peak of 90%. Similarly, in the next two years, in 2008, there was an ascending shift in the figure of all graduates at about 84%. In contrast, at the end of the period, both of those figure was recorded a downward trend, with respective figures being around 80% and 61%.
Concerning the percentage of average salary that students received after graduating, in 2004, maths grads and all grads stood at the same, each occupied by $41,000, similarly, in 2006, both figure also reached at the same number.Over the next 6 years, the figure for maths grads was experienced a significant increase to $56,000, it still held the top spot during the surveyed period. Likewise, the proportion of students graduating all also was underwent a considerable growth, with $51,000 at the end of the period.