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 4.9 years in the United States. Workers in the education and health services industry had a median of 3.6 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.
As of January 2024, the median number of years (tenure) that wage and salary workers had been with their current employer was 3.9 years in the United States. This is a decrease from 2022, when the median tenure was also 4.1 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.
In the United States, White wage and salary workers had the highest share of workers who had been with their current employer for 20 or more years, at 10.8 percent in January 2024. This can be compared to the 7.8 percent of Black or African American workers that were with their employers for the same amount of time. 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 high school graduate wage and salary workers in the United States had been with their current employer was 4.7 years. The workers with a doctoral or professional degree had a median tenure of 4.8 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, National Occupational Classification (NOC) and sex, last 5 years.
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 2024, approximately 28 percent of respondents stated that they have been working in the cleaning/maintenance department within facility management in the United States for four to seven years. This is roughly the same when compared to 2023.
As of December 2023, male employees in the Device eXperience (DX) sector at the Samsung Electronics headquarters in South Korea worked 16 years on average for the company. The South Korean tech giant restructured its main business into two divisions, with the DX sector focusing on consumer electronics, while the Device Solutions (DS) sector produced various semiconductors.
The number of employed people in Germany was forecast to continuously increase between 2024 and 2025 by in total 0.1 million people (+0.23 percent). The number is estimated to amount to 42.95 million people in 2025. As defined by the International Monetary Fund, the number of employed people refers to persons who during a pre-defined period, either: a) performed wage or salary work, b) held a formal attachment to their job (even if not currently working), (c) performed for-profit work for personal or family gain, (d) were with an enterprise although temporarily not at work for any specific reason.Find more statistics on other topics about Germany with key insights such as the total population, the gross domestic product per capita, and ratio of the national debt to the gross domestic product.
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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 4.9 years in the United States. Workers in the education and health services industry had a median of 3.6 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.