Average Job Tenure: Educational services, Alberta (2025)
Verified average job tenure for the selected Educational services population in Alberta, Canada, drawn from Statistics Canada (2025-annual).
Educational services · Alberta, Canada
Source: Statistics Canada
Where this sits
In Alberta, educational services ranks 3rd of 16 sectors for average job tenure, among the highest. It sits 21% above 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 8th of 10 for educational services average job tenure, among the lowest. It sits 9% below the Canada-wide figure of 126.1 months. The range runs from 112.8 months in British Columbia to 155.4 months in Newfoundland and Labrador.
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 Educational services compares in Alberta, Canada
Average job tenure, same source and period. See all 19 industries.
What this means
Statistics Canada put average job tenure in Educational services in Alberta at 114.8 months for 2025. This is a descriptive benchmark for everyone employed in the sector across the province, so it says nothing about the retention performance of one specific employer. Pair it with your own tenure distribution and the reasons people give when they leave, since that internal data is what tells you whether you have a problem worth fixing.
Average job tenure: Educational services vs regional average
| Measure | Educational services | Regional average |
|---|---|---|
| Average job tenure | 114.8 months | 100 months |