Average Job Tenure: Goods-producing sector, Newfoundland and Labrador

Verified average job tenure for the selected Goods-producing sector population in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, drawn from Statistics Canada (2025-annual).

Average job tenure

Goods-producing sector · Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

116.9 monthsmonths, 2025-annual

Source: Statistics Canada

Where this sits

It sits 5% 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 3rd of 10 for goods-producing sector average job tenure, above the middle. It sits 5% 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 Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Average job tenure, same source and period. See all 19 industries.

  • Educational services
  • Forestry, fishing, mining, quarrying, oil and gas
  • Goods-producing sector
  • Public administration
  • Accommodation and food services

What this means

Statistics Canada puts average job tenure in the goods-producing sector in Newfoundland and Labrador at 116.9 months. That is a descriptive population benchmark for the province, not a judgment on how any particular employer manages retention. The comparison worth making is against your own tenure data and the patterns in your exit interviews.

Average job tenure: Goods-producing sector vs regional average

Average job tenure in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, 2025-annual. Source: Statistics Canada.
MeasureGoods-producing sectorRegional average
Average job tenure116.9 months110.8 months