Average Job Tenure: Utilities, Alberta (2025)
Verified average job tenure for the selected Utilities population in Alberta, Canada, drawn from Statistics Canada (2025-annual).
Utilities · Alberta, Canada
Source: Statistics Canada
Where this sits
In Alberta, utilities ranks 4th of 16 sectors for average job tenure, among the highest. It sits 20% above Alberta's all-industries figure of 94.5 months. 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 10th of 10 for utilities average job tenure, among the lowest. It sits 16% below the Canada-wide figure of 134.6 months. The range runs from 113.2 months in Alberta to 170.5 months in Prince Edward Island.
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 Utilities compares in Alberta, Canada
Average job tenure, same source and period. See all 19 industries.
What this means
In Alberta, average job tenure in the Utilities sector was 113.2 months, according to Statistics Canada. This is a population-level description of the sector in that province, not a measure of any one employer's retention performance, and it says nothing about how any particular company compares. Put it next to your own tenure records and the reasons people give when they leave to get a picture you can act on. Gallup estimates that replacing an exiting worker costs one-half to two times their annual salary, which is what makes that comparison worth the effort.
Average job tenure: Utilities vs regional average
| Measure | Utilities | Regional average |
|---|---|---|
| Average job tenure | 113.2 months | 100 months |