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

Where this sits

In Quebec, professional, scientific and technical services ranks 11th of 16 sectors for average job tenure, below the middle. It sits 6% below Quebec's all-industries figure of 101.2 months. Across the sectors reported for Quebec, average job tenure runs from 48 months in accommodation and food services to 192 months in agriculture. Across provinces, Quebec ranks 5th of 10 for professional, scientific and technical services average job tenure, above the middle. It sits 7% 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.