Average Job Tenure: Information, culture and recreation, Newfoundland and Labrador

Where this sits

In Newfoundland and Labrador, information, culture and recreation ranks 9th of 16 sectors for average job tenure, below the middle. It sits 5% below 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 information, culture and recreation average job tenure, above the middle. It sits 16% above the Canada-wide figure of 91.3 months. The range runs from 64 months in Prince Edward Island to 117 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.