Average Job Tenure: Professional, scientific and technical services, New Brunswick

Where this sits

In New Brunswick, professional, scientific and technical services ranks 13th of 16 sectors for average job tenure, among the lowest. It sits 7% below 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 2nd of 10 for professional, scientific and technical services average job tenure, among the highest. It sits 10% 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.