Average Job Tenure: Goods-producing sector, New Brunswick
Verified average job tenure for the selected Goods-producing sector population in New Brunswick, Canada, drawn from Statistics Canada (2025-annual).
Goods-producing sector · New Brunswick, Canada
Source: Statistics Canada
Where this sits
It sits 8% above New Brunswick's all-industries figure of 106.1 months. Across the sectors reported for New Brunswick, average job tenure runs from 53.3 months in accommodation and food services to 149.6 months in agriculture. Across provinces, New Brunswick ranks 6th of 10 for goods-producing sector average job tenure, below the middle. It sits 3% above the Canada-wide figure of 111.3 months. The range runs from 96.5 months in British Columbia to 138.9 months in Saskatchewan.
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 Goods-producing sector compares in New Brunswick, Canada
Average job tenure, same source and period. See all 19 industries.
What this means
Average job tenure in New Brunswick's goods-producing sector was 114.3 months, per Statistics Canada. This describes the provincial workforce in that sector, so it works as background context and not as a measure of one organization's retention results. Line it up against your own tenure records and what departing employees tell you on the way out. The Work Institute frames the cost side this way: "With the estimated costs of employee turnover ranging from 33% up to 200% of the departing employee's salary..."
Average job tenure: Goods-producing sector vs regional average
| Measure | Goods-producing sector | Regional average |
|---|---|---|
| Average job tenure | 114.3 months | 109.8 months |