Figure 12
Median Years of Tenure with Current Employer
for Wage and Salary Workers,
by sex and age,
January 1983, 1987, and 1991
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
|
| Sex and age
| 1983
| 1987
| 1991
|
| Men |
| 16 years and older
| 4.7
| 4.5
| 4.6
|
| 16 to 17 years
| 0.6
| 0.5
| 0.7
|
| 18 to 19 years
| 0.7
| 0.5
| 0.8
|
| 20 to 24 years
| 2.0
| 1.7
| 1.8
|
| 25 years and older
| 6.4
| 6.2
| 5.9
|
| 25 to 29 years
| 3.2
| 3.0
| 2.9
|
| 30 to 34 years
| 4.6
| 4.5
| 4.6
|
| 35 to 39 years
| 6.6
| 6.4
| 6.2
|
| 40 to 44 years
| 10.2
| 9.3
| 8.5
|
| 45 to 49 years
| 12.3
| 10.8
| 10.8
|
| 50 to 54 years
| 14.8
| 14.1
| 12.8
|
| 55 to 59 years
| 16.1
| 15.9
| 14.8
|
| 60 to 64 years
| 15.5
| 13.0
| 13.1
|
| 65 years and older
| 8.8
| 8.8
| 7.5
|
| |
| Women |
| 16 years and older
| 3.6
| 3.5 |
3.7
|
| 16 to 17 years
| 0.5
| 0.5
| 0.7
|
| 18 to 19 years
| 0.7
| 0.5
| 0.8
|
| 20 to 24 years
| 2.0
| 1.5
| 1.5
|
| 25 years and older
| 4.7
| 4.8
| 4.8
|
| 25 to 29 years
| 3.0
| 2.8
| 2.6
|
| 30 to 34 years
| 3.6
| 3.6
| 3.8
|
| 35 to 39 years
| 4.4
| 4.4
| 4.5
|
| 40 to 44 years
| 4.8
| 5.5
| 5.4
|
| 45 to 49 years
| 6.0
| 6.8
| 6.8
|
| 50 to 54 years
| 7.9
| 8.2
| 7.9
|
| 55 to 59 years
| 10.2
| 10.1
| 10.3
|
| 60 to 64 years
| 10.4
| 10.5
| 10.5
|
| 65 years and older
| 10.6
| 10.4
| 10.0
|
|
|
RETURN |