The table gives the information about the average initial salary for graduates in five different years ( 2004,2006,2008,2010,2012), and the line chart illustrates the percentage of graduates in full-time job in Australia from 2004 to 2012.
Generally speaking,the starting salary for math graduates was always higher than that of all graduates except for 2012. The income of both two groups witnessed growth and full-time job rate decreased in the given period.
In terms of average starting salary, math graduates started with $45,000 at the beginning meanwhile the salary of all graduates was $40,000. The salary of math graduates had a mild increase by $5,000, while the salary of all graduates witnessed a significant rise by $13.000.
The percentage of graduates in full-time job among math graduates paralleled to that of all graduates and they both reached at their peaks respectively for almost 90% and 80% in 2006. The percentage of two groups were the same at about 70% in 2008 and after then they saw different trends. The percentage of math graduates in full-time job increased slightly while the other decreased mildly.