Average Job Tenure: Total employed, all industries, Nova Scotia
Verified average job tenure for the selected Total employed, all industries population in Nova Scotia, Canada, drawn from Statistics Canada (2025-annual).
Total employed, all industries · Nova Scotia, Canada
Source: Statistics Canada
Where this sits
Across the sectors reported for Nova Scotia, average job tenure runs from 66.8 months in accommodation and food services to 172.2 months in forestry, fishing, mining, quarrying, oil and gas. Across provinces, Nova Scotia ranks 3rd of 10 for total employed, all industries average job tenure, above the middle. It sits 8% above 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 Nova Scotia, Canada
Average job tenure, same source and period. See all 19 industries.
What this means
Statistics Canada puts average job tenure in Nova Scotia at 108.4 months for Total employed, all industries in 2025. It's a descriptive read on the province's employed workforce, not a measure of how any one employer performs at keeping people. The useful comparison is against your own tenure figures and what your exit data shows about why people leave.
Average job tenure: Total employed, all industries vs regional average
| Measure | Total employed, all industries | Regional average |
|---|---|---|
| Average job tenure | 108.4 months | 113.2 months |