Average Job Tenure: Professional, scientific and technical services, British Columbia

Where this sits

In British Columbia, professional, scientific and technical services ranks 13th of 16 sectors for average job tenure, among the lowest. It sits 11% below 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 9th of 10 for professional, scientific and technical services average job tenure, among the lowest. It sits 6% below 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.