Average Tenure for IT Pros and CIO is higher than the average US labor market
Average tenure for US employees 4.1 years down from 4.2 in 2018
Telecom workers have a tenure of 7.5 years
Janco has just completed an analysis of the current and historic tenure of the U.S. labor force, telecom workers, professional and technical staff (IT Pros), and CIO. The findings show that telecommunication workers are seeing a dramatic increase in tenure as the number of telecom jobs decreases.
It is almost like switchboard operators in the 50s and telephone receptionists in the later part of the 90s. In both cases, as the number of jobs disappeared the more tenured employees remained in their positions. The same pattern is taking hold for telecom workers.
Telecom workers’ tenure peaked in 2014. Since then automation and AI have taken hold. As positions were eliminated the longest tenured employees remained in place.e replace - except for the individuals in the most senior roles in larger enterprises. In 2010 the total number of telecommunication jobs was 890,500, in 2022 it has shrunk to 668,900.
Overall US Labor Force Demand and Tenure
Keep reading with a 7-day free trial
Subscribe to CIO and IT Management Newsletter to keep reading this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives.