Fig. 4

Health Occupation Industry Leavers by Education Level, 2003–2022. Note. Industry leaver rates are calculated as the percentage of respondents within each health occupation educational grouping who reported working in the health industry in the year prior but working in a different industry in the year of survey. Health specific occupations represented an estimated annual N = 11.7 M healthcare workers over the study period, with average yearly estimates of N = 2.1 M, 5.2 M, and 4.5 M for high, medium, and low education occupations respectively