Average Job Tenure: Services-producing sector, Canada (2025)
Verified average job tenure for the selected Services-producing sector population in Canada, drawn from Statistics Canada (2025-annual).
Services-producing sector · Canada
Source: Statistics Canada
Where this sits
It sits 3% below Canada's all-industries figure of 100.3 months. Across the sectors reported for Canada, average job tenure runs from 56.5 months in accommodation and food services to 189.2 months in agriculture.
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.
Take every current employee's months since their start date and average them. Most HR systems report this directly.
How Services-producing sector compares in Canada
Average job tenure, same source and period. See all 19 industries.
What this means
Across Canada, average job tenure in the services-producing sector was 97.6 months in 2025, according to Statistics Canada. That figure describes the whole working population in the sector, not how well any single employer holds onto its people, so it works as a backdrop rather than a scorecard. Set it next to your own tenure distribution and exit interview data to see where your organization actually stands. For cost framing, SHRM puts the cost of replacing an employee at 50% to 200% of that person's annual salary, depending on their level.
Average job tenure: Services-producing sector vs regional average
| Measure | Services-producing sector | Regional average |
|---|---|---|
| Average job tenure | 97.6 months | 106.1 months |