The graphs illustrate the proportion of math and other students who were employed in full-time positions after their graduation from a university in Australia, and also compare how much they earned on average from 2004 to 2012.
Overall, the percentage of math graduates and other graduates who were able to find employment fluctuated with a downward trend, with the former exceeding the latter both at the start and the end of the period. Also notable from the chart is that while the salaries for both types generally increased, math graduates earned more than their counterparts over the last 4 years of the period.
Regarding the employment rate, the figure for math graduates increased slightly from 80% in 2004 to a peak of 85% in 2008 before declining moderately to around 78% in 2012. Other graduates mirrored the same pattern, peaking at roughly 87% in 2006 but then dropping to a low of 65% at the end of the surveyed period.
Concerning their average salaries, both groups started with the same amount of $41000 in 2004. The wage of full-time workers with math degrees then registered a sharp growth, ending the period with $56000. Other graduates followed a similar trend, but less pronounced, earning $51000 in 2012.