Health workforce remuneration: comparing wage levels, ranking, and dispersion of 16 occupational groups in 20 countries

Table 4 20-country mean of the national proportions of job holders in 16 HRH occupations aged 30 or less, aged 50 and over, women, and employees ( versus self-employed)

	Proportion job holders aged 30 years or less	Proportion job holders aged 50 years and over	Proportion women	Proportion employees
Medical Doctors	0.13	0.27	0.32	0.81
Nursing & Midwifery Professionals	0.19	0.19	0.85	0.99
Dentists	0.20	0.22	0.46	0.61
Pharmacists	0.20	0.16	0.67	0.96
Envir. and Occup. Health Professionals	0.17	0.21	0.32	0.96
Physiotherapists	0.35	0.17	0.74	0.90
Other Health Professionals	0.25	0.20	0.74	0.93
Medical and Pharmaceutical Technicians	0.25	0.16	0.65	0.97
Nurses & Midwifery Associate Professionals	0.17	0.21	0.87	0.98
Community Health Workers	0.23	0.20	0.78	0.99
Other Health Associate Professionals	0.23	0.19	0.75	0.97
Personal Care Workers in Health Services	0.19	0.21	0.82	0.96
Health Researchers & Educators	0.26	0.18	0.59	0.96
Health Care Managers	0.11	0.22	0.64	0.97
Health Care Administration & Operations	0.19	0.20	0.72	0.98
Health Informatics Technicians	0.37	0.10	0.23	0.97
Total	0.22	0.19	0.64	0.94

Source: Data from the WageIndicator survey 2008–2011 (weighted within countries), aggregated for 16 HRH occupations in 20 countries (n=300 occupation/country cells, which are not weighted for size of country or size of HRH workforce).

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