Average Job Tenure: Professional, scientific and technical services, Newfoundland and Labrador

Where this sits

In Newfoundland and Labrador, professional, scientific and technical services ranks 13th of 16 sectors for average job tenure, among the lowest. It sits 12% below Newfoundland and Labrador's all-industries figure of 111.3 months. Across the sectors reported for Newfoundland and Labrador, average job tenure runs from 50.3 months in accommodation and food services to 155.4 months in educational services. Across provinces, Newfoundland and Labrador ranks 3rd of 10 for professional, scientific and technical services average job tenure, above the middle. It sits 9% 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.