Average Job Tenure: Professional, scientific and technical services, Alberta

Where this sits

In Alberta, professional, scientific and technical services ranks 10th of 16 sectors for average job tenure, below the middle. It sits 4% below Alberta's all-industries figure of 94.5 months. Across the sectors reported for Alberta, average job tenure runs from 49.7 months in accommodation and food services to 207.9 months in agriculture. Across provinces, Alberta ranks 7th of 10 for professional, scientific and technical services average job tenure, below the middle. It sits 1% above the Canada-wide figure of 89.6 months. The range runs from 83 months in Prince Edward Island to 100.2 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.