A glance at the line graphs illustrate the proportion of math graduates and all graduates who got a 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 was a slight decrease in the 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 math degree was 80% in 2004, and first increased slightly in 2006, reaching its peak, at 90%, then presented a steady decrease from 2006 to 2012, equal to the percentage in 2004, at 80%. Similarly, the percentage of all graduates had a little more dramatic increase than math graduates from 2004 with over 60% to about 90% in 2008, which was equal to the percentage of math graduates in 2008, reached its largest point, and 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 math graduates was 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 average salary of math constantly more than all graduates. In 2012, math graduates used to be the largest overall, at 60000, while the average earning of all graduates was just 51000 in 2012.