Average Job Tenure: Transportation and warehousing, Nova Scotia

Verified average job tenure for the selected Transportation and warehousing population in Nova Scotia, Canada, drawn from Statistics Canada (2025-annual).

Average job tenure

Transportation and warehousing · Nova Scotia, Canada

105.3 monthsmonths, 2025-annual

Source: Statistics Canada

Where this sits

In Nova Scotia, transportation and warehousing ranks 11th of 16 sectors for average job tenure, below the middle. It sits 3% below Nova Scotia's all-industries figure of 108.4 months. 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 4th of 10 for transportation and warehousing average job tenure, above the middle. It sits 4% above the Canada-wide figure of 100.9 months. The range runs from 97.4 months in Quebec to 125.1 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 Transportation and warehousing compares in Nova Scotia, Canada

Average job tenure, same source and period. See all 19 industries.

  • Forestry, fishing, mining, quarrying, oil and gas
  • Other services (except public administration)
  • Transportation and warehousing
  • Wholesale and retail trade
  • Accommodation and food services

What this means

Average job tenure in Transportation and warehousing in Nova Scotia was 105.3 months in 2025, per Statistics Canada. The figure summarizes the industry's workforce across the province and is descriptive by design, not a measure of one employer's retention performance. Set it beside your own tenure and exit data before deciding what, if anything, it means for your organization.

Average job tenure: Transportation and warehousing vs regional average

Average job tenure in Nova Scotia, Canada, 2025-annual. Source: Statistics Canada.
MeasureTransportation and warehousingRegional average
Average job tenure105.3 months113.2 months