Table 5. Median years of tenure with current employer for employed wage and salary workers by industry, selected years, 2014-2024

Table 5. Median years of tenure with current employer for employed wage and salary workers by industry, selected years, 2014-2024
Industry	January 2014	January 2016	January 2018	January 2020	January 2022	January 2024
Total, 16 years and over	4.6	4.2	4.2	4.1	4.1	3.9
Private sector	4.1	3.7	3.8	3.7	3.7	3.5
Agriculture and related industries	3.6	4.5	4.6	3.5	4.7	4.4
Nonagricultural industries	4.1	3.7	3.8	3.7	3.7	3.5
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	4.0	4.6	5.1	4.6	5.2	5.7
Construction	3.9	4.0	4.1	4.0	3.9	4.2
Manufacturing	5.9	5.3	5.0	5.1	5.2	4.9
Durable goods manufacturing	6.0	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.3	4.9
Nonmetallic mineral products	7.6	5.1	5.2	5.2	4.9	5.9
Primary metals and fabricated metal products	6.1	6.0	6.0	5.4	5.1	4.6
Machinery manufacturing	6.2	5.5	5.7	5.3	5.6	5.0
Computers and electronic products	5.1	5.3	5.8	6.1	5.4	4.7
Electrical equipment and appliances	5.8	4.7	4.5	4.5	5.2	5.2
Transportation equipment	7.1	6.1	5.7	5.5	6.3	5.0
Wood products	4.6	4.7	3.5	3.9	4.3	5.4
Furniture and related product manufacturing	5.9	4.8	4.8	5.5	3.6	4.1
Miscellaneous manufacturing	5.1	5.0	4.8	4.7	4.7	5.0
Nondurable goods manufacturing	5.9	5.1	4.7	4.8	5.0	4.9
Food manufacturing	4.7	4.5	3.9	4.2	4.2	4.5
Beverages and tobacco products	4.8	4.3	4.1	3.9	4.5	4.6
Textiles, apparel, and leather	5.3	5.6	5.0	5.0	5.5	4.8
Paper and printing	9.7	5.3	5.4	5.9	5.5	5.7
Petroleum and coal products	6.1	6.6	5.0	5.7	9.8	8.6
Chemicals	7.1	5.3	4.7	5.2	5.1	4.9
Plastics and rubber products	6.5	5.3	5.0	4.5	4.7	5.0
Wholesale and retail trade	3.6	3.3	3.2	3.3	3.1	3.1
Wholesale trade	5.8	5.2	5.1	5.0	4.9	4.6
Retail trade	3.3	3.0	3.0	3.1	2.8	2.9
Transportation and utilities	5.1	4.6	4.8	4.3	3.7	3.7
Transportation and warehousing	4.7	4.4	4.2	3.9	3.4	3.4
Utilities	9.2	7.4	9.5	7.7	6.0	4.9
Information(1)	4.8	4.3	4.4	4.2	4.2	4.2
Publishing, except Internet	5.3	5.7	4.1	5.4	3.8	4.5
Motion pictures and sound recording industries	2.4	2.4	2.9	2.7	1.4	3.1
Radio and television broadcasting and cable subscriptions programming	4.1	3.6	5.0	5.3	4.2	3.8
Telecommunications	7.8	6.0	5.2	6.6	7.5	6.3
Financial activities	5.0	4.8	4.7	4.8	4.5	4.7
Finance and insurance	5.3	5.0	5.0	4.9	4.8	4.9
Finance	5.0	5.0	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9
Insurance	6.0	5.2	5.4	5.0	4.9	4.9
Real estate and rental and leasing	4.4	3.8	3.6	4.6	3.9	4.2
Real estate	4.6	3.9	3.7	4.7	3.9	4.4
Rental and leasing services	3.5	3.4	3.4	3.8	3.7	3.4
Professional and business services	3.6	3.4	3.6	3.5	3.4	3.5
Professional and technical services	4.2	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.7	3.7
Management, administrative, and waste services(1)	3.1	2.8	3.3	2.9	2.7	3.2
Administrative and support services	3.0	2.6	3.1	2.8	2.6	3.2
Waste management and remediation services	4.7	4.6	5.8	5.3	4.0	4.9
Education and health services	4.5	3.9	3.9	3.8	4.0	3.6
Educational services	4.8	4.0	4.2	3.9	4.1	4.0
Health care and social assistance	4.4	3.9	3.9	3.8	3.9	3.5
Hospitals	5.7	5.6	4.9	5.0	5.1	4.7
Health services, except hospitals	3.9	3.4	3.5	3.4	3.4	3.2
Social assistance	3.2	2.6	3.0	2.9	3.1	2.7
Leisure and hospitality	2.3	2.2	2.2	2.3	2.0	2.1
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	3.0	3.2	3.0	3.3	2.8	2.7
Accommodation and food services	2.1	2.0	2.1	2.1	1.9	2.0
Accommodation	3.5	3.0	3.1	3.2	3.1	2.4
Food services and drinking places	2.0	1.8	2.0	2.0	1.7	2.0
Other services	4.0	3.9	4.0	4.1	3.9	3.8
Other services, except private households	4.2	4.1	3.9	4.1	4.0	3.8
Repair and maintenance	4.0	3.5	3.3	3.3	4.3	3.3
Personal and laundry services	3.7	3.8	3.6	3.8	3.3	3.4
Membership associations and organizations	4.9	4.9	4.5	4.8	4.7	4.8
Other services, private households	3.0	3.3	4.5	4.0	3.2	3.4
Public sector	7.8	7.7	6.8	6.5	6.8	6.2
Federal government	8.5	8.8	8.3	8.2	7.6	6.5
State government	7.4	5.8	5.9	5.6	6.4	5.7
Local government	7.9	8.3	6.9	6.6	6.9	6.4
(1) Includes other industries, not shown separately.
NOTE: Beginning with data for January 2020, industries reflect the introduction of the 2017 Census industry classification system into the Current Population Survey. This industry classification system is derived from the 2017 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). No historical data have been revised. Data are not strictly comparable over time due to industry classification changes. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

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