Employee retention benchmarks
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What is here
- Average job tenure
- How long employees have been with their current employer, by industry and province. Statistics Canada, 2025 annual, in months.
- Average monthly quits rate
- The share of employment that quit in an average month, by industry and state. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics JOLTS, 2025 annual average. A monthly rate, not an annual turnover percentage.
- Cost of employee turnover
- What replacing one employee is estimated to cost, by occupation and state. Built from a Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage and the cited 0.5x-2x replacement multiple. Every page shows the arithmetic.
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- Ontario, Canada
- Prince Edward Island, Canada
- Quebec, Canada
- Saskatchewan, Canada
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- Georgia, United States
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- Maryland, United States
- Maine, United States
- Michigan, United States
- Minnesota, United States
- Missouri, United States
- Mississippi, United States
- Montana, United States
- North Carolina, United States
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- New Hampshire, United States
- New Jersey, United States
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- Nevada, United States
- New York, United States
- Ohio, United States
- Oklahoma, United States
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- Rhode Island, United States
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- South Dakota, United States
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- Texas, United States
- Utah, United States
- Virginia, United States
- Vermont, United States
- Washington, United States
- Wisconsin, United States
- West Virginia, United States
- Wyoming, United States
By industry
- Accommodation and food services
- Agriculture
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation
- Business, building and other support services
- Construction
- Durable goods manufacturing
- Educational services
- Federal
- Finance and insurance
- Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing
- Financial activities
- Forestry, fishing, mining, quarrying, oil and gas
- Goods-producing sector
- Government
- Health care and social assistance
- Information
- Information, culture and recreation
- Leisure and hospitality
- Manufacturing
- Mining and logging
- Nondurable goods manufacturing
- Other services
- Other services (except public administration)
- Private education and health services
- Private educational services
- Professional and business services
- Professional, scientific and technical services
- Public administration
- Real estate and rental and leasing
- Retail trade
- Services-producing sector
- State and local
- State and local government education
- State and local government, excluding education
- Total employed, all industries
- Total nonfarm
- Total private
- Trade, transportation, and utilities
- Transportation and warehousing
- Transportation, warehousing, and utilities
- Utilities
- Wholesale and retail trade
- Wholesale trade
By occupation
- Accountants and Auditors
- Assemblers and Fabricators
- Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics
- Computer and Information Systems Managers
- Computer Network Architects
- Computer Network Support Specialists
- Computer Programmers
- Computer Systems Analysts
- Computer User Support Specialists
- Customer Service Representatives
- Data Scientists
- Database Administrators
- Database Architects
- Electricians
- Elementary School Teachers
- General and Operations Managers
- Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
- Home Health and Personal Care Aides
- Human Resources Specialists
- Information Security Analysts
- Medical Assistants
- Network and Computer Systems Administrators
- Nursing Assistants
- Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers
- Registered Nurses
- Restaurant Cooks
- Retail Salespersons
- Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
- Software Developers
- Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
- Waiters and Waitresses
- Web and Digital Interface Designers
- Wholesale and Manufacturing Sales Representatives