Average Job Tenure: Business, building and other support services, New Brunswick
Verified average job tenure for the selected Business, building and other support services population in New Brunswick, Canada, drawn from Statistics Canada (2025-annual).
Business, building and other support services · New Brunswick, Canada
Source: Statistics Canada
Where this sits
In New Brunswick, business, building and other support services ranks 15th of 16 sectors for average job tenure, among the lowest. It sits 18% below New Brunswick's all-industries figure of 106.1 months. Across the sectors reported for New Brunswick, average job tenure runs from 53.3 months in accommodation and food services to 149.6 months in agriculture. Across provinces, New Brunswick ranks 2nd of 10 for business, building and other support services average job tenure, among the highest. It sits 3% above 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 New Brunswick, Canada
Average job tenure, same source and period. See all 19 industries.
What this means
Average job tenure in business, building and other support services in New Brunswick was 87.4 months, per Statistics Canada. This describes the industry population in that province; it is not a verdict on how well a given employer retains staff. Your own tenure records and exit interviews are the comparison that matters, and the Work Institute estimates the cost of employee turnover at 33% to 200% of the departing employee's annual salary — worth keeping in view as you look at your numbers.
Average job tenure: Business, building and other support services vs regional average
| Measure | Business, building and other support services | Regional average |
|---|---|---|
| Average job tenure | 87.4 months | 109.8 months |