Average Job Tenure: Wholesale and retail trade, Saskatchewan

Where this sits

In Saskatchewan, wholesale and retail trade ranks 14th of 16 sectors for average job tenure, among the lowest. It sits 17% below Saskatchewan's all-industries figure of 111.5 months. Across the sectors reported for Saskatchewan, average job tenure runs from 56.5 months in accommodation and food services to 250.3 months in agriculture. Across provinces, Saskatchewan ranks 4th of 10 for wholesale and retail trade average job tenure, above the middle. It sits 5% 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.