The given table illustrates the yearly income of employees in six different sectors in 2004, and comparison to 2003, whereas the pie chart depicts the proportion of graduates’ employment choices.
Overall, public services is the most popular and well-paid career among the six fields. While public services, manufacture, and agriculture attracted about one-fifth of graduates each, the others were infrequently chosen by graduates.
Examining public services, finance, and transportation, these sectors paid the highest among six career. Firstly, employees in these fields earned the highest yearly salary in 2004, with $92.000, $83.000, and $81.000 respectively. However, their percentage of growth in income compared to 2003 was minimal, especially the increase of 2.9% in finance. Similarly, contrary to the high salary of the sectors, finance and transportation only attracted 5% and 10% of graduates, while public services sector was the destination of 30% of graduates, which was three times and five times greater than that of finance and transportation.
The other sectors paid lower than the other three in 2004, yet attracted a considerable number of graduates. Wholesale and retail trade workers earned a total amount of $77.000 annually, which had risen for 8.4% compared to 2003 income, whereas agriculture employees only earned $40.000 a year, roughly half of wholesale and retail trade salary. Surprisingly, although agriculture sector salary only jumped by 2.31%, which was the lowest growth in income, its workforce consisted of 25% of graduates, surpassing highly paid career, while wholesale and retail trade attracted 10% of graduates. Manufacturing was an average sector with the income of $52.000 in 2004, but 20% of graduates decided to work in this field.