A glance at the line graphs illustrate the proportion of math graduates and all graduates who got full-time job after graduating from a university in Australia. And the table also reveals the average salary of both graduates, during the period from 2004 to 2012.
Overall, there were a slight decrease in percentage of full time workers holding a university degree, whereas the average salary of graduates gradually increased in this period.
The percentage of full time workers holding a maths degree with 80% in 2004, and firstly, increased slightly to 2006, reached its peak, at 90%, then presented a steady decrease from 2006 to 2012, with equal to the percentage in 2004, at 80%. Similarly, the percentage of all graduates had a little more dramatic increase than maths graduates from 2004 with over 60% to about 90% in 2008, which equal to the percentage of maths graduates in 2008, reached its largest point, finally, there was a stable decline until 2012, at over 60%.
On the other hand, the average salary of graduates showed a converse trend. The average salary of maths graduates were equal to all graduates between 2004 and 2006, respectively at 41000 in 2004 and 43000 in 2006. What is more, from 2008 to 2012, the even salary of maths constantly more than all graduates. In 2012, maths graduates used to be the largest overall, at 60000, while the average earning of all graduates just 51000 in 2012.