The line graph and table illustrate the percentage of full-time workers holding a university degree and their average salary between 2004 and 2012 in Australia.
Overall, the percentage of all graduates who worked full-time after university showed the highest figure, while the mathematics graduates recorded lower than all. In contrast, the average salary increased gradually throughout the period despite having a minor decline in the income of math graduates.
In detail, regarding the percentage of graduates who worked full-time after university, all graduates remained stable at 80% from 2004 to 2006 after which this figure rose slightly to approximately 85% in 2008, which showed the similar proportion with mathematics graduates. Afterwards, the percentage of all graduates decreased gradually to around 75% until 2012. Turning to the mathematics graduates, after increasing from 62% to 89% in 2006, this figure experienced a downward trend to 62% by 2012.
With respect to the average salaries of graduates, the math graduates began with roughly $41.000 in 2004 then increased considerably to $51.500 in 2008. After declining to $48.500 in 2010, this proportion recorded a dramatic rise to $59.000 in 2012. Meanwhile, other graduates made up $41.000 at the beginning of the period. The salaries of other graduates showed considerable growth from $41.000 to $53.000 in 2012. Noticeably, although there was the same number between the salaries of graduates at the beginning of the period, the salary number of math graduates surpassed other ones despite having a minor decrease.