Average Job Tenure: Health care and social assistance, British Columbia
Verified average job tenure for the selected Health care and social assistance population in British Columbia, Canada, drawn from Statistics Canada (2025-annual).
Health care and social assistance · British Columbia, Canada
Source: Statistics Canada
Where this sits
In British Columbia, health care and social assistance ranks 7th of 16 sectors for average job tenure, above the middle. It sits 10% 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 6th of 10 for health care and social assistance average job tenure, below the middle. It sits 1% above the Canada-wide figure of 103.2 months. The range runs from 97.7 months in Prince Edward Island to 114.8 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.
Take every current employee's months since their start date and average them. Most HR systems report this directly.
How Health care and social assistance compares in British Columbia, Canada
Average job tenure, same source and period. See all 19 industries.
What this means
British Columbia recorded average job tenure of 104.1 months in health care and social assistance in 2025, according to Statistics Canada. It is a population-wide descriptive measure of the sector in that province, not an assessment of how any one organization performs at keeping staff. Compare it against your own tenure data and exit records before drawing conclusions about your workforce. The Work Institute puts the stakes plainly: "With the estimated costs of employee turnover ranging from 33% up to 200% of the departing employee's salary..."
Average job tenure: Health care and social assistance vs regional average
| Measure | Health care and social assistance | Regional average |
|---|---|---|
| Average job tenure | 104.1 months | 97.6 months |