The given pie chart illustrates the different working sectors of residents in town A and town B in 1960 and the figures from 2010.
Overall, Manufacturing ranked the first as a job for both people in town A and town B while the reverse pattern was true for Services. Also of note is that Manufacturing and Services showed opposite trends, decreasing and increasing respectively in both given towns.
To elaborate, in 1960, only figures for Manufacturing sector in town A was chosen as a job higher than that in town B, by approximately 30%. In reverse, the proportion of those pursuing Sales and Services in town A was 30% and 29%, surpassing the figures for town B residents by a margin of 10% and 19% respectively.
Regarding the trend towards 2010, though the Manufacturing sector consistently ranked the highest chosen job for both residents in town A and town B, there was a downward trend in it, from 41% to 20% and from 70% to 53%, meanwhile, the figures for Services increased from 29% to 64% in town A and from 10% to 25% in town B. Furthermore, less people in town A showed an tendency to choose Sales as a job, with a margin of 14% while the reverse pattern was true for town B residents, increasing from 20% to 22%.