Average Job Tenure: Wholesale and retail trade, Prince Edward Island
Verified average job tenure for the selected Wholesale and retail trade population in Prince Edward Island, Canada, drawn from Statistics Canada (2025-annual).
Wholesale and retail trade · Prince Edward Island, Canada
Source: Statistics Canada
Where this sits
In Prince Edward Island, wholesale and retail trade ranks 14th of 16 sectors for average job tenure, among the lowest. It sits 22% below Prince Edward Island's all-industries figure of 100.8 months. Across the sectors reported for Prince Edward Island, average job tenure runs from 48.7 months in accommodation and food services to 170.5 months in utilities. Across provinces, Prince Edward Island ranks 10th of 10 for wholesale and retail trade average job tenure, among the lowest. It sits 10% below 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 Prince Edward Island, Canada
Average job tenure, same source and period. See all 19 industries.
What this means
In Prince Edward Island, average job tenure in Wholesale and retail trade was 78.9 months, according to Statistics Canada. That describes the industry population across the province and carries no information about any particular employer's retention performance. Compare it with your own tenure records and the reasons people give when they leave. Gallup estimates that replacing an exiting worker costs an organization one-half to two times that worker's annual salary, and calls that a conservative figure.
Average job tenure: Wholesale and retail trade vs regional average
| Measure | Wholesale and retail trade | Regional average |
|---|---|---|
| Average job tenure | 78.9 months | 105.9 months |