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Median years of tenure with current employer for employed wage
and salary workers 2008-2018

Overall, just under half of working adults are interested in changing careers. Half of those who do change
move to a different industry. And at least two-thirds change to a completely different job function.

Currently Gen Z is leading the pack in career movement, with most of them being 30% more apt to
change careers. One-fifth of Gen Zers have had 4 jobs (or more) during the short period they have been
in the workforce.

This goes to show that Gen Z workers are aligning their careers not on financial success, ladder climbing
or career longevity like Baby Boomers did, but on fulfilling their life’s dreams and passions and creating a
career path that is personally satisfying for them. Therefore, your audience is constantly changing.

https://blog.linkedin.com/2018/october/11/the-job-hopping-generation-
young-professionals-are-on-the-move

Source: BLS – Data in this release collected through a supplement to the January 2018
Current Population Survey conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau for the Bureau of Labor
Statistics.
Table 1. Median years of tenure with current employer for employed wage and salary
workers by age and sex, selected years, 2008-2018. Updated September 2018

28 January 2019