New Delhi, July 19 -- BERLIN - More than half of Germany's highest earners, professionals who take home more than 6,000 euros per month after tax, actively explored job opportunities outside the country over the past 12 months, according to a new survey by the employment platform Indeed. The finding arrives as Germany records its sharpest net annual emigration in nearly a decade.

The survey, conducted by Indeed economist Virginia Sodergell and her team, found that 54 percent of respondents in the top earner bracket had looked into positions abroad in the previous year. Among all German respondents regardless of income, two-thirds said they were considering working outside the country, a figure that reflects a widening frustration with wa...