Average Job Tenure: Manufacturing, New Brunswick (2025)
Verified average job tenure for the selected Manufacturing population in New Brunswick, Canada, drawn from Statistics Canada (2025-annual).
Manufacturing · New Brunswick, Canada
Source: Statistics Canada
Where this sits
In New Brunswick, manufacturing ranks 8th of 16 sectors for average job tenure, above the middle. It sits 6% 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 5th of 10 for manufacturing average job tenure, above the middle. It sits 3% below the Canada-wide figure of 116.4 months. The range runs from 101.4 months in Prince Edward Island to 137.2 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 Manufacturing compares in New Brunswick, Canada
Average job tenure, same source and period. See all 19 industries.
What this means
In 2025, average job tenure in Manufacturing in New Brunswick was 112.8 months, according to Statistics Canada. The number summarizes the industry's workforce across the province; it is not a scorecard for how any individual company performs on retention. Pair it with your own tenure records and exit interview themes to understand your situation. SHRM's estimate that replacing an employee runs 50% to 200% of annual salary is a useful reminder of what those departures cost.
Average job tenure: Manufacturing vs regional average
| Measure | Manufacturing | Regional average |
|---|---|---|
| Average job tenure | 112.8 months | 109.8 months |