The provided chart illustrates the average annual salary of full-time employees in different areas of work, namely Administration, Financial Services, Telecommunications, Tourism, Transport, and Retail during 2000 and 2010.
Overall, it can be inferred that individuals working in Fiancial Services earned the highest number of annual income in both 2000 and 2010, while Tourism employees had the lowest earnings.
During the year 2000, the sectors with the highest amount of average yearly income included Financial Services and Telecommunications, with Financial Services employees earning around 110 thousand dollars per worker, and Telecommunications employees coming around to above 60 thousand dollars per worker. The Administration, Transport, and Retail sectors had similar figures, with each sector averaging around 40 thousand dollars in annual earnings. Tourism workers, on the other hand, only accumulated to 20 thousand dollars in 2010 as the lowest paying job.
Regarding the year 2010, most jobs had a slight increase in the average salary, except for Tourism. The annual income of Financial Services workers not only remained as the top earner, it also rose considerably, earning about 110 thousand dollars a year. Those working in Telecommunications, Administration, Transport and Retail saw moderate increases in their annual salary, especially Retail workers, going from around below 40 thousand dollars to 50 thousand dollars per worker. In contrast, Tourism was the only job to have a decrease in annual salary.
There was a noticeable increase for the average salary of all sectors combined. In 2000, all jobs had an average income of 44 thousand dollars per year. This number then reached 50 thousand dollars in 2010.