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

Where this sits

In Saskatchewan, forestry, fishing, mining, quarrying, oil and gas ranks 5th of 16 sectors for average job tenure, above the middle. It sits 7% above Saskatchewan's all-industries figure of 111.5 months. Across the sectors reported for Saskatchewan, average job tenure runs from 56.5 months in accommodation and food services to 250.3 months in agriculture. Across provinces, Saskatchewan ranks 5th of 10 for forestry, fishing, mining, quarrying, oil and gas average job tenure, above the middle. It sits 11% 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.