October 6, 1998 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)
Job tenure declines among men
The median number of years male wage and salary workers had
been with their current employers edged down to 3.8 years in February 1998. Men's tenure
had been in the narrow range between 4.0 and 4.1 years in four previous surveys.
From
1983 to 1998, men's job tenure declined 0.3 year despite an upward shift in the age of the
workforce. All other things being equal, this age shift should have been associated with
an increase in tenure. However, median tenure for male workers declined within every age
group over the 15-year period (see chart) and offset the age effect.
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The proportion of men age 25 and over who had worked for their current employer for 10
years or more fell from 37.7 percent in 1983 to 32.7 percent in 1998. For men ages 40 to
64, the proportion with at least 10 years of tenure fell by about 10 percentage points
within every 5 year age interval.
These data were produced by a supplement to the Current
Population Survey. For additional information, see news release USDL 98-387,
"Employee Tenure in 1998".
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