Average Job Tenure: Construction, Alberta (2025)
Verified average job tenure for the selected Construction population in Alberta, Canada, drawn from Statistics Canada (2025-annual).
Construction · Alberta, Canada
Source: Statistics Canada
Where this sits
In Alberta, construction ranks 12th of 16 sectors for average job tenure, below the middle. It sits 11% 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 10th of 10 for construction average job tenure, among the lowest. It sits 9% below the Canada-wide figure of 93 months. The range runs from 84.5 months in Alberta to 107.3 months in Prince Edward Island.
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 Construction compares in Alberta, Canada
Average job tenure, same source and period. See all 19 industries.
What this means
Statistics Canada reports average job tenure of 84.5 months in Construction in Alberta for 2025. This is a descriptive benchmark for the province's construction workforce as a whole, not a scorecard for how well any one company holds onto its people. Compare it against your own tenure figures and exit data before drawing conclusions, since staffing mix, project cycles, and trade composition all shift what "normal" looks like inside a given firm.
Average job tenure: Construction vs regional average
| Measure | Construction | Regional average |
|---|---|---|
| Average job tenure | 84.5 months | 100 months |