August 30, 2000 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)
Median tenure little changed in recent years
The median number
of years that wage and salary workers had been with their current employer
(referred to as employee tenure) was 3.5 years in February 2000, about the
same as in February 1998.
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Although the median years of tenure has
been consistently higher for men than for women, the gap has narrowed
since the early 1990s. For men, median tenure in February 2000 was
unchanged from February 1998. It was, however, slightly lower than in
January 1983, despite an upward shift in the age of the male workforce.
For women, the median years of tenure were
slightly higher in February 2000, and there also was an upward shift in
the age of the female workforce from 1983 to 2000.
These data are from a supplement to the Current
Population Survey. The questions on
tenure measure how long workers had been with their current employer at
the time they were surveyed, not how long they will eventually stay with
their employer. See Employee
Tenure in 2000, news release USDL
00-245 for more information.
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