The depicted table illustrates the average yearly income of workers in six particular fields in 2004 and the percentage of changes compared to 2003, while the pie chart shows the percentage of the distribution of employment sectors among graduates
Overall, the workers serving in public services received the highest average salary, followed by the income of employees in the finance and transportation sector, while the yearly income from agriculture was by far the lowest among all the sectors listed. In addition, wholesale and retail trade had the highest proportion of change compared to 2003; however, public services and agriculture collectively attracted the majority of the labor force
At the beginning, the average annual income of workers in public services was about $92,000, and the figures for finance and transportation were lower, at $83,000 and $81,000, respectively, compared to just $77,000 earned by people working in wholesale and retail trade. By contrast, workers in agriculture and manufacturing achieved the lowest incomes, reported $40,000 and $52,000, respectively. As for the percentage of change compared to 2003, wholesale and retail trade was the leading sector, with an 8.4% increase, followed by transportation (4.5%) and manufacturing (4%). Meanwhile, finance and public services witnessed a modest increase from 2003, with just 2.9% and 3.7%, respectively, which still far exceeded that of agriculture.
Turning to the distribution of graduates in the six sectors examined, public services emerged as the leading sector in the percentage of graduates, representing about 30%, compared to 25% of graduates in agriculture and 20% in manufacturing. A relatively similar figure can be seen in the proportions of graduates joining finance, wholesale and retail, and transportation, at 5%, 10%, and 10%, respectively.