Average Job Tenure: Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing, British Columbia

Where this sits

In British Columbia, finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing ranks 6th of 16 sectors for average job tenure, above the middle. It sits 12% above British Columbia's all-industries figure of 94.5 months. Across the sectors reported for British Columbia, average job tenure runs from 56.6 months in accommodation and food services to 130.7 months in agriculture. Across provinces, British Columbia ranks 7th of 10 for finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing average job tenure, below the middle. It is level with the Canada-wide figure of 105.8 months. The range runs from 97.9 months in Alberta to 128.4 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.