The data displays the proportion of degree holders that acquired full-time work after qualifying from an Australian University, along with the overall average income of the two different types of graduates, between 2004 and 2012.
Overall, people holding a math degree have relatively steady amount of jobs throughout the years, whilst other graduates viewed a steep growth and then ended with the same number by the end of the years. Both these degree holders started off with the same average salary, but math grads had slightly more income by the end in comparison to other degree holders.
People with math degrees had the highest percentage and started off with around 75 percent of full-time jobs in 2004. They saw a mild increase to around 85 percentage in 2008, but this increase dropped to nearly the old percentage of 75 at the end of 2012. Other graduates had only about 65 percentage in 2004, by 2006 this averaged to around 90 percentage, holding the highest percent record for both these grads. After this, these degree holders saw a steady drop and reached the starting percentage by 2012.
Salaries averaged to $41,000 in 2004 for both the types of graduates. This remained relatively similar until 2008. In 2012, the average salaries were $56,000 and $51,000 for math degree holders and other graduates respectively.