Average Job Tenure: Information, culture and recreation, Nova Scotia

Where this sits

In Nova Scotia, information, culture and recreation ranks 6th of 16 sectors for average job tenure, above the middle. It sits 8% above Nova Scotia's all-industries figure of 108.4 months. Across the sectors reported for Nova Scotia, average job tenure runs from 66.8 months in accommodation and food services to 172.2 months in forestry, fishing, mining, quarrying, oil and gas. Across provinces, Nova Scotia ranks 1st of 10 for information, culture and recreation average job tenure, among the highest. It sits 28% 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.