The degree of workers planning to move across the ditch is stoking business fears

Robert Walters' salary survey of more than seven-thousand people shows 67 percent of employees are already planning to move overseas.

42 percent of those prefer Australia.

Australia and New Zealand CEO Shay Peters says the majority of survey respondents are mid to senior-level employees.

He says it's a scary thought, because they'd also take their families with them for the long term.