Per metric · 2026-04-27

What's a typical years at current job in the US?

Median is 4.0 yrs. Most people fall between 2.0 yrs and 8.0 yrs. Above 15.0 yrs is top-10%.

What's a typical years at current job?

The median US adult lands at 4.0 yrs for years at current job. The 25th-to-75th percentile range — what most people would call 'normal' — runs from 2.0 yrs to 8.0 yrs. Below 1.0 yrs you're in the bottom 10%; above 15.0 yrs you're in the top 10%.

How we computed this

We anchor at p1, p5, p10, p25, p50, p75, p90, p95, and p99 from public-data sources and linearly interpolate between them. See methodology for the full chain.

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