The provided line graph presents data on the salaries of three distinct work fields in the United States throughout a 40-year period from 1970 to 2010.
Overall, professional athletes were paid the highest over the first 30 years. The figure for this sphere later dropped dramatically, highlighting a technological turnaround in the US’s job market during the period.
Starting at 120,000, professional sports’ salaries ranked first in the report for four decades, reaching a peak in 2000. In detail, the money paid for well-trained sports players remained no less than 120,000 from 1970 to 1990. Noticeably, it peaked at 145,000 in 2000, but was immediately followed by a dramatic decline to 110,000.
Engineering and IT workers’ salaries both registered an upward trajectory during the period. In 1970, engineering’s number was a distant second at 55,000, while IT exhibited a negligible figure of 35,000. In stark contrast to the modest beginning, IT’s salaries skyrocketed 3 times higher (100,000) in 1970. In addition, engineering workers’ salaries slowly surged by 15,000, ranking third at the end.