The graph and table illustrate the percentage of graduates who worked full-time after finishing Australian university and the average salary of these students between 2004 and 2012. Overall, the figure for both math and all graduates witnessed a fluctuation, while the percentage of mathematician full-time workers exhibited lower proportions at the end of the given timeline, despite starting at higher percentages. Additionally, the average salary of both type of graduates increased over time, with the math graduates earned noticeably more money in the final year.
Starting at 80% in 2004, all graduates increased slightly until 2008, with the percentages of roughly 85, surpassing the figure for math students. Nevertheless, after these rises, the figure fell uninterruptedly since 2012, at around 77%. As for mathematics graduates, the percentage of full-time employees rose from about 65% in 2004 to roughly 88% in 2006. In contrast, the proportion of mathematics workers declined minimally to about 85% and the further to the same percentages as its initial in 2012.
In terms of average salary, both type of graduates started at the same amounts in 2004, counting $41,000, and they again followed this trend by rising to $43,500 each in 2006. Between 2008 and 2010, while the salary of math graduates decreased from $51,500 to 48,500, that of other graduates experienced a growth by $4,000. In the final year, both math and other graduates’ earnings rose to $59,000 and $53,000, respectively.