The graphs below show the percentage of math graduates and other graduates who got full-time job after graduating from a university in Australia, and also show the average salary of both these types of graduates, from 2004 to 2012. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

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and other students who were employed in full-time positions after their graduation from a university in Australia

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compare how much they earned on average from 2004 to 2012.

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, the percentage of

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graduates

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and other

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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

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notable from the chart is that

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the salaries for both types generally increased,

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earned more than their counterparts over the

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. Regarding the employment rate, the figure for

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graduates

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increased slightly from 80% in 2004 to a peak of 85% in 2008 before declining moderately to around 78% in 2012. Other

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mirrored the same pattern, peaking at roughly 87% in 2006 but

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dropping to a low of 65%

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of the surveyed

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. Concerning their average salaries, both groups started with the same amount of $41000 in 2004. The wage of full-time workers with

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registered a sharp growth, ending the

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with $56000. Other

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followed a similar trend, but less pronounced, earning $51000 in 2012.