Band 8+: The table below gives information about the employment rates and the average annual salaries of new graduates in an Australian University in 2009. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main points and make comparisons where relevant.

The given graph depicts the data about the employment rate and average yearly salaries of new graduates in six fields at an Australian university in 2009.

Overall, a significant disparity can be seen in the rates of employment between health and science students, where the former were mostly hired in comparison with the low rates of the latter. Similarly, science workers were paid relatively less than those in engineering and IT and law.

In terms of employment, health graduates had 91%, which is the highest rate; law was just below with 87% of graduates, followed by engineering and IT with 86%. In contrast, science had the lowest rate with a figure of 62%. Just above were arts and social science with 72%, which was outnumbered by business by 6%.

When it comes to salaries, law and engineering and IT earned the most, with an average of $59,000. Slightly below were business graduates with an average of $52,000, and arts and social science at $50,000. At the bottom of the list was science at $39,000, and it was outnumbered by health by $3,000.