The line graph illustrates the medium change in salaries across various spheres of employment over the past 4 decades.
Overall, the highest paid job over the past 40 years is in professional sports. Moreover, the IT job in the US market has simultaneous has been increasing.
Professional sports had a stable level between 1970 and 1990, with an average salary range of 130,000. But in the year 1990, it had its sharp increase over the years by reaching a salary of 145,000 in 2000. However, from the year 2000 to 2010, it had its biggest drop with a salary reaching 110,000.
In 1970, engineering and IT had steady growth for the past 40 years. Where engineering led with a salary of $55,000 in 1970, and had grown steadily by reaching 70,000 in 2010. However, the citizens of the US had bigger interests in IT, starting at 35,000 in the year of 1970 and surpassing engineering between 1980 to 1990, and reaching the reached approximately of 100,000 in 2010.
