Job Prospects

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• Job prospects for Surgeons are good.
• Employment for Surgeons to 2014-15 is expected to grow very strongly. Employment in this very small occupation (5100 in November 2009) rose strongly in the past five years, and in the long-term (ten years), but with very small occupations employment estimates can fluctuate.
• Surgeons have a below average proportion of full-time jobs (82.3 per cent). For Surgeons working full-time, average weekly hours are 52.8 (compared to 41.3 for all occupations) and earnings are high - in the tenth decile. Unemployment for Surgeons is low.
• Surgeons are mainly employed in Health Care and Social Assistance.
• The (internet) vacancy level for Surgeons is very low. The proportion of workers leaving the occupation (and needing to be replaced) is 6.4 per cent (annually) compared to the average for all occupations of 13.1 per cent.
• The mix of industries employing Surgeons is highly favourable for employment growth prospects.

Key Indicators

The graph shows 12 key indicators for this occupation - employment size, full-time share of employment, earnings, unemployment, historical employment growth (long-term, medium term and short-term), future employment growth, mix of industries, job openings.