The given bar chart presents data regarding on how many people were employed across five types of work – Sales, Accounting, Computing, Nursing, and Farming – in one particular Australian region in 2001 and 7 years later.
From an overall perspective, it can be seen that out of all, three jobs, namely Sales, Computing and Nursing saw a rise in the number of employees. It is also noteworthy that Sales remained the main employer in both years.
Focusing first on increases, in 2001, Sales employed by far the biggest number of people in Australia, at just under 160,000. By 2008 it had increased slightly, reaching its peak at around 170,000. Computing and Nursing, on the other hand, lagged significantly behind; the number of people who worked in these fields was almost similar, at around 60,000. While the former rose by 20,000, the latter experienced a negligible rise.
As for the jobs, where the figures saw a fall, making up roughly 70,000 at the beginning, the number of employed people in Accounting declined to 60,000. Meanwhile, in 2001, approximately 30,000 people were working in farming-related jobs, and this figure went down to just below 20,000, the lowest figure observed in the chart