Average Job Tenure: Total employed, all industries, Alberta
Verified average job tenure for the selected Total employed, all industries population in Alberta, Canada, drawn from Statistics Canada (2025-annual).
Total employed, all industries · Alberta, Canada
Source: Statistics Canada
Where this sits
Across the sectors reported for Alberta, average job tenure runs from 49.7 months in accommodation and food services to 207.9 months in agriculture. Across provinces, Alberta ranks 9th of 10 for total employed, all industries average job tenure, among the lowest. It sits 6% below the Canada-wide figure of 100.3 months. The range runs from 94.5 months in Alberta to 111.5 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.
Take every current employee's months since their start date and average them. Most HR systems report this directly.
How Total employed, all industries compares in Alberta, Canada
Average job tenure, same source and period. See all 19 industries.
What this means
In Alberta, average job tenure across Total employed, all industries stood at 94.5 months in 2025, per Statistics Canada. This is a descriptive benchmark for the whole employed population in that province, not a scorecard for any one company's retention performance. Pair it with your own tenure distribution and exit data before drawing conclusions, since the cost of losing people is real: SHRM puts the cost of replacing an employee at 50% to 200% of their annual salary, depending on their level.
Average job tenure: Total employed, all industries vs regional average
| Measure | Total employed, all industries | Regional average |
|---|---|---|
| Average job tenure | 94.5 months | 100 months |