The line chart compares full-time employment rates for graduates in mathematics and all graduates from a university in Australia, while the table depicts two average annual salaries for those between 2004 and 2012.
Overall, the proportion of full workers holding a university degree remained unchanged in both maths graduates and all graduates, while the average salary of those witnessed a steady increase over the given period. Notably, the number of workers who graduated in math major took the lead in 2006, with the lucrative salaries was seen in the figure for 2012.
Looking first at the line chart, the percentage of workers graduating in mathematics led with exactly 80% in 2004, before reaching the top rate in 2006. However, this number was temporary, as it was followed by a gradual decline to the initial point in 2012. Similarly, albeit to a lesser extent, the figures for those who are all graduates increased slightly from approximately 60% to about 85% in 2008, which were the same as mathematics ones, following a downward trend to the same level of 2004.
Turning to the average career earnings, both groups had a starting income at around $41,000 in 2004. Over the next five years, salaries for both groups rose, with mathematics grads experiencing a more significant increase. By 2012, the income of math graduates earned an average income of $56,000, while the figure for general grads was approximately ,000.