U.S. median years of tenure with current employer 2022, by industry

As of January 2022, the median number of years (tenure) that wage and salary workers in the manufacturing industry had been with their current employer was 5.2 years in the United States. Workers in the education and health services industry had a median of 4 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.