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

Where this sits

In Saskatchewan, professional, scientific and technical services ranks 12th of 16 sectors for average job tenure, below the middle. It sits 10% below Saskatchewan's all-industries figure of 111.5 months. Across the sectors reported for Saskatchewan, average job tenure runs from 56.5 months in accommodation and food services to 250.3 months in agriculture. Across provinces, Saskatchewan ranks 1st of 10 for professional, scientific and technical services average job tenure, among the highest. It sits 12% 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.