Average Job Tenure: Construction, Nova Scotia (2025)
Verified average job tenure for the selected Construction population in Nova Scotia, Canada, drawn from Statistics Canada (2025-annual).
Construction · Nova Scotia, Canada
Source: Statistics Canada
Where this sits
In Nova Scotia, construction ranks 13th of 16 sectors for average job tenure, among the lowest. It sits 9% below Nova Scotia's all-industries figure of 108.4 months. Across the sectors reported for Nova Scotia, average job tenure runs from 66.8 months in accommodation and food services to 172.2 months in forestry, fishing, mining, quarrying, oil and gas. Across provinces, Nova Scotia ranks 5th of 10 for construction average job tenure, above the middle. It sits 6% above 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 Nova Scotia, Canada
Average job tenure, same source and period. See all 19 industries.
What this means
In Construction in Nova Scotia, Statistics Canada reports average job tenure of 99.0 months for 2025. The figure characterizes the province's construction workforce broadly, not the retention record of any single organization. Pull your own average job tenure and exit data and read them together, since your job mix, wage position, and project pipeline shape your numbers in ways a provincial average cannot capture.
Average job tenure: Construction vs regional average
| Measure | Construction | Regional average |
|---|---|---|
| Average job tenure | 99 months | 113.2 months |