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.
Median years of tenure with current employer for employed wage and salary workers in the United States in January 2024, by education
The term employee tenure is used by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) to describe the amount of time wage and salary workers have been with their current employer.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics. (September 26, 2024). Median years of tenure with current employer for employed wage and salary workers in the United States in January 2024, by education [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 19, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1215524/us-employed-workers-median-years-tenure-education/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Median years of tenure with current employer for employed wage and salary workers in the United States in January 2024, by education." Chart. September 26, 2024. Statista. Accessed December 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1215524/us-employed-workers-median-years-tenure-education/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2024). Median years of tenure with current employer for employed wage and salary workers in the United States in January 2024, by education. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1215524/us-employed-workers-median-years-tenure-education/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Median Years of Tenure with Current Employer for Employed Wage and Salary Workers in The United States in January 2024, by Education." Statista, Statista Inc., 26 Sep 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1215524/us-employed-workers-median-years-tenure-education/
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Median years of tenure with current employer for employed wage and salary workers in the United States in January 2024, by education Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1215524/us-employed-workers-median-years-tenure-education/ (last visited December 19, 2024)
Median years of tenure with current employer for employed wage and salary workers in the United States in January 2024, by education [Graph], Bureau of Labor Statistics, September 26, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1215524/us-employed-workers-median-years-tenure-education/
