The line graph illustrates the proportion of Australia’s university math graduates getting full-time jobs compared to other graduates between 2004 and 2012. The table shows the average salary of these graduates during the same period. Units are measured in percentage of people who gained jobs.
Overall, mathematics graduates had a stable record of having employment each year, while other graduates saw a rise. Conversely, a reverse trend was followed, and they settled at the same position in the final year. However, the average salary of all graduates is increased throughout the period.
Mathematics students had over 75 percent of jobs in 2004, and slightly fluctuated each year except a gradual rise in 2008, to approximately 80 percent. Graduates from other departments had an increase to around 30 percent from 2004 to 2006, followed by a drop to nearly 60% in 2012, which is similar to the first year.
Moreover, the average salaries of graduates started at $41,000 initially, and saw a similar amount of rise in the next year. Since then, mathematics students got an increment of $5,000 compared to others in the remaining years.