Average Job Tenure: Business, building and other support services, Alberta

Verified average job tenure for the selected Business, building and other support services population in Alberta, Canada, drawn from Statistics Canada (2025-annual).

Average job tenure

Business, building and other support services · Alberta, Canada

83.3 monthsmonths, 2025-annual

Source: Statistics Canada

Where this sits

In Alberta, business, building and other support services ranks 14th of 16 sectors for average job tenure, among the lowest. It sits 12% below Alberta's all-industries figure of 94.5 months. Across the sectors reported for Alberta, average job tenure runs from 49.7 months in accommodation and food services to 207.9 months in agriculture. Across provinces, Alberta ranks 6th of 10 for business, building and other support services average job tenure, below the middle. It sits 2% below the Canada-wide figure of 84.9 months. The range runs from 65.4 months in Manitoba to 93.6 months in Nova Scotia.

Average tenure describes the people who are still there, not the ones who left. A sector can hold long-serving staff and still lose newcomers quickly, so read it next to your own first-year exits, not instead of them.

Take every current employee's months since their start date and average them. Most HR systems report this directly.

How Business, building and other support services compares in Alberta, Canada

Average job tenure, same source and period. See all 19 industries.

  • Agriculture
  • Wholesale and retail trade
  • Business, building and other support services
  • Information, culture and recreation
  • Accommodation and food services

What this means

In Alberta, average job tenure in business, building and other support services was 83.3 months, per Statistics Canada. This is a population-wide descriptive figure covering every employer in the industry across the province, so it says nothing about how any one company performs at keeping staff. Compare it with your own tenure distribution and the reasons people give when they leave — that pairing is what turns an external number into something you can act on.

Average job tenure: Business, building and other support services vs regional average

Average job tenure in Alberta, Canada, 2025-annual. Source: Statistics Canada.
MeasureBusiness, building and other support servicesRegional average
Average job tenure83.3 months100 months