Occupational mobility and job tensure in 1983, (ABSTRACT), Monthly Labor Review Online, October 1984

Occupational mobility
and job tenure in 1983

Ellen Sehgal
Economist, Division of Data Development and Users' Service, Office of Employment and Unemployment Statistics, Bureau of Labor Statistics

In 1983, more than 1 worker in 3 aged 35 to 44 had been with the same employer 10 years or longer and almost the same ratio of workers 45 and older had worked for the same employer 20 years or more.