Employees in Greece spend an average of 13 years with their employers as of 2023, the longest average job tenure among European countries. Among the provided countries, Denmark had the shortest average job tenure, at 7.5 years. In most European countries, men spend more time with a single employer on average than women. Notable exceptions to this trend come from a number of post-communist countries in central and eastern Europe - Romania, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia-.

In 2023, the average tenure of contract and temporary employees in the United States was **** weeks. Tenure is defined as the duration of employment with the staffing firm.

Number of employed persons by job tenure, National Occupational Classification (NOC) and sex, last 5 years.

As of January 2024, the median number of years (tenure) that wage and salary workers in the manufacturing industry had been with their current employer was *** years in the United States. Workers in the education and health services industry had a median of *** years with their current employer. Employee tenure is a measure of how long wage and salary workers have been with their current employer. Data on employee tenure can be used as a gauge of employment security, where an increase in tenure means improving security, and a decrease in tenure shows deteriorating security.

Number of employed persons by job tenure, North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) and gender.

As of January 2024, the median number of years (tenure) that wage and salary workers had been with their current employer was *** years in the United States. This is a decrease from 2022, when the median tenure was also *** years. Employee tenure is a measure of how long wage and salary workers have been with their current employer. Data on employee tenure can be used as a gauge of employment security, where an increase in tenure means improving security, and a decrease in tenure shows deteriorating security.

The "Quality of employment" framework developed under the lead of UNECE (United Nations Economic Commission for Europe) represents a neutral and comprehensive approach to assess quality of employment in its multiple facets. It defines 68 indicators on seven dimensions that address employment quality from the perspective of the employed person. Its design also facilitates international comparison. For statistical institutes, researchers and policy users looking to build and analyse datasets using these indicators, the framework explained in a handbook published by UNECE. Using the UNECE framework, Eurostat has compiled data on employment quality for the EU countries that is provided in the Eurostat database.

LFS in one of the sources which provides data for filling some of the indicators. The section 'Quality of employment' reports annual results from the EU-LFS concerning some of those indicators.

In particular:

• Long working hours in main job: percentage of employed persons usually working 49 hours or more per week;
• Weekly working hours: Average number of usual weekly working hours of employed persons;
• Work on weekends: Percentage of employed persons usually working at Saturday or Sunday;
• Job tenure Percentage of employed persons by duration of employment with current employer by number of years;
• Temporary employment agency workers: Percentage of employed persons working for a temporary work agency;
• Precarious employment: Percentage of employees with a short-term contract of up to 3 months.

More information on Eurostat indicators about Quality of employment is available on the dedicated webpage.

General information on the EU-LFS can be found in the ESMS page for 'Employment and unemployment (LFS)', see link in related metadata. Detailed information on the main features, the legal basis, the methodology and the data as well as on the historical development of the EU-LFS is available on the EU-LFS (Statistics Explained) webpage.

Average length of working week at main place of work of employedpopulation by occupation and employment status*.

A job may be considered of limited duration if the employer and employee agree that its end is determined by objective conditions such as a specific date, the completion of a task or the return of another employee who has been temporarily replaced. Examples: persons with seasonal employment; persons engaged by an agency or employment exchange and hired to a third party to perform a specific task (unless there is a written work contract of unlimited duration); persons with specific training contracts.

Graph and download economic data for DHI-DFH Mean Vacancy Duration Measure by Establishment Size Class: 50-249 Employees (DISCONTINUED) (DHIDFHDMI50) from Jan 2001 to Feb 2018 about vacancy, establishments, average, employment, and USA.

Finland - Employees with a contract of limited duration (annual average): From 20 to 64 years was 12.30% in December of 2024, according to the EUROSTAT. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Finland - Employees with a contract of limited duration (annual average): From 20 to 64 years - last updated from the EUROSTAT on September of 2025. Historically, Finland - Employees with a contract of limited duration (annual average): From 20 to 64 years reached a record high of 14.80% in December of 2018 and a record low of 12.30% in December of 2024.

During financial year 2018, the average service length of employees in the New Zealand customs service was 12 years. This represents a decrease from the previous financial year.

Euro Area - Employees with a contract of limited duration (annual average): From 15 to 24 years was 46.50% in December of 2024, according to the EUROSTAT. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Euro Area - Employees with a contract of limited duration (annual average): From 15 to 24 years - last updated from the EUROSTAT on September of 2025. Historically, Euro Area - Employees with a contract of limited duration (annual average): From 15 to 24 years reached a record high of 51.10% in December of 2017 and a record low of 46.00% in December of 2020.

Number of employed persons by job tenure, type of work (full- and part-time employment), gender, and age group, annual.

This set of quarterly cubes provides employee population data. The numbers reflect the actual number of employees at the end of a quarter but, for many agencies, may actually reflect employment at the end of the pay period just prior to the end of the quarter. The scope of this raw data set includes all data elements used in the creation of the FedScope Employment Cube (http://www.fedscope.opm.gov/). The following workforce characteristics are available for analysis: Agency, State/Country, Age (5 year interval), Education Level, Gender, GS & Equivalent Grade, Length of Service (5 year interval), Occupation, Occupation Category, Pay Plan & Grade, Salary Level ($10,000 interval), STEM Occupations, Supervisory Status, Type of Appointment, Work Schedule, Work Status, Employment, Average Salary, and Average Length of Service. The OPM Enterprise Human Resources Integration-Statistical Data Mart (EHRI-SDM) is the source for all FedScope data. Data is processed on a quarterly basis (i.e. March, June, September and December).

This statistic depicts the expected average reskilling needs across companies worldwide between 2018 and 2022, broken down by length per employee. During the survey, respondents expected that ** percent of their employees will require reskilling of less than one month by 2022.

European Union - Employees with a contract of limited duration (annual average): From 15 to 64 years was 11.00% in December of 2024, according to the EUROSTAT. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for European Union - Employees with a contract of limited duration (annual average): From 15 to 64 years - last updated from the EUROSTAT on September of 2025. Historically, European Union - Employees with a contract of limited duration (annual average): From 15 to 64 years reached a record high of 13.80% in December of 2017 and a record low of 11.00% in December of 2024.

Graph and download economic data for Average Weekly Hours of All Employees, Total Private (AWHAETP) from Mar 2006 to Aug 2025 about hours, establishment survey, private, employment, and USA.

The average vacancy duration of industrial and service sector positions in the Business Employment Status Survey is published by job category and employee size.

Apprenticeship duration, apprenticeship planned length of stay and length of employmentAcademic year: 2014/15 to 2023/24 full academic yearIndicators: Starts, Starts (used in duration calculations), Average expected durationFilters: Age group, Detailed level, Length of employment, Planned length of stay