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 |