Average Job Tenure: Wholesale and retail trade, New Brunswick
Verified average job tenure for the selected Wholesale and retail trade population in New Brunswick, Canada, drawn from Statistics Canada (2025-annual).
Wholesale and retail trade · New Brunswick, Canada
Source: Statistics Canada
Where this sits
In New Brunswick, wholesale and retail trade ranks 14th of 16 sectors for average job tenure, among the lowest. It sits 12% below New Brunswick's all-industries figure of 106.1 months. Across the sectors reported for New Brunswick, average job tenure runs from 53.3 months in accommodation and food services to 149.6 months in agriculture. Across provinces, New Brunswick ranks 3rd of 10 for wholesale and retail trade average job tenure, above the middle. It sits 6% above the Canada-wide figure of 88 months. The range runs from 78.9 months in Prince Edward Island to 100.3 months in Nova Scotia.
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 Wholesale and retail trade compares in New Brunswick, Canada
Average job tenure, same source and period. See all 19 industries.
What this means
In New Brunswick, average job tenure in Wholesale and retail trade was 93.4 months, according to Statistics Canada. This is a population-level description of the industry in the province, not an assessment of a specific employer's retention results. Compare it with your own tenure and exit data to see whether your organization runs ahead of or behind the broader industry picture. Gallup's estimate that replacement costs run one-half to two times a departing employee's annual salary gives that comparison financial weight.
Average job tenure: Wholesale and retail trade vs regional average
| Measure | Wholesale and retail trade | Regional average |
|---|---|---|
| Average job tenure | 93.4 months | 109.8 months |