Average Job Tenure: Services-producing sector, Ontario
Verified average job tenure for the selected Services-producing sector population in Ontario, Canada, drawn from Statistics Canada (2025-annual).
Services-producing sector · Ontario, Canada
Source: Statistics Canada
Where this sits
It sits 3% below Ontario's all-industries figure of 101.9 months. Across the sectors reported for Ontario, average job tenure runs from 63.9 months in accommodation and food services to 176.9 months in agriculture. Across provinces, Ontario ranks 6th of 10 for services-producing sector average job tenure, below the middle. It sits 1% above the Canada-wide figure of 97.6 months. The range runs from 91.9 months in Alberta to 110 months in Newfoundland and Labrador.
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 Ontario, Canada
Average job tenure, same source and period. See all 19 industries.
What this means
In Ontario, average job tenure in the services-producing sector was 98.4 months in 2025, based on Statistics Canada figures. It describes employment across the province's services-producing sector broadly, so it functions as context rather than a measure of how any one company performs. Bring your own tenure and exit data to the comparison before deciding what, if anything, needs to change. Gallup's estimate that replacing a worker costs one-half to two times annual salary gives that internal review a financial edge.
Average job tenure: Services-producing sector vs regional average
| Measure | Services-producing sector | Regional average |
|---|---|---|
| Average job tenure | 98.4 months | 107.3 months |