Average Job Tenure: Forestry, fishing, mining, quarrying, oil and gas, Newfoundland and Labrador

Where this sits

In Newfoundland and Labrador, forestry, fishing, mining, quarrying, oil and gas ranks 6th of 16 sectors for average job tenure, above the middle. It sits 9% above 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 4th of 10 for forestry, fishing, mining, quarrying, oil and gas average job tenure, above the middle. It sits 12% above the Canada-wide figure of 108.2 months. The range runs from 89.4 months in British Columbia to 172.2 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.