Average employment tenure of staffing employees in the United States 2000-2015

Average employment tenure of contract and temporary employees in the United States from 2000 to 2016 (in weeks)

The data displays the average employment tenure of contract and temporary employees in the U.S. from 2000 to 2016. In 2016, the average tenure of staffing employees was 11.5 weeks.

Tenure is defined as the duration of employment with the staffing firm.

2000 9.7
2001 10.2
2002 10.4
2003 10.6
2004 11
2005 11.3
2006 11.4
2007 12.8
2008 12.5
2009 12.1
2010 13.8
2011 11.3
2012 13.3
2013 14.3
2014 11.3
2015 10.8
2016 11.5