Average Job Tenure: Business, building and other support services, Newfoundland and Labrador

Where this sits

In Newfoundland and Labrador, business, building and other support services ranks 14th of 16 sectors for average job tenure, among the lowest. It sits 24% below Newfoundland and Labrador's all-industries figure of 111.3 months. Across the sectors reported for Newfoundland and Labrador, average job tenure runs from 50.3 months in accommodation and food services to 155.4 months in educational services. Across provinces, Newfoundland and Labrador ranks 5th of 10 for business, building and other support services average job tenure, above the middle. It is level with 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.