September 1, 2000 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)
Median tenure declines among older men, 1983-2000
Between 1983 and
2000, median years of job tenure among men age 55 to 64 dropped by about a
third.
[Chart data—TXT]
In January 1983, the median number of years
that male wage and salary workers age 55 to 64 had been with their current
employer was 15.3 years. As of February 2000, this figure had declined to
10.2 years.
Tenure also fell for men in most other age
groups from 1983 to 2000, but not as much as for those 55 to 64 years old.
For example, median years of tenure for men age 45 to 54 decreased from
12.8 years in 1983 to 9.5 in 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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