Table 2. Percent of employed wage and salary workers 25 years and over who had 10 years or
more of tenure with their current employer by age and sex, selected years, 2002-2012
                                                                                            
         Age and sex               January   January   January   January   January   January
                                    2002      2004      2006      2008      2010      2012  
                                                                                            
                                                                                            
            TOTAL                                                                           
                                                                                            
      25 years and over.......      30.8      30.6      30.0      31.5      33.1      33.7  
25 to 29 years................       2.2       2.4       2.4       2.3       2.3       2.5  
30 to 34 years................      11.7      10.9      10.6      10.1      12.8      12.5  
35 to 39 years................      25.2      23.2      22.8      23.0      25.7      25.2  
40 to 44 years................      33.9      32.4      31.8      32.9      35.3      35.1  
45 to 49 years................      41.2      42.1      39.9      40.2      40.8      41.6  
50 to 54 years................      49.4      48.5      46.6      47.7      48.9      48.4  
55 to 59 years................      53.3      50.9      50.1      52.4      52.4      54.1  
60 to 64 years................      50.5      49.7      48.4      53.6      54.5      55.1  
65 years and over.............      48.0      48.7      48.5      56.3      53.1      55.5  
                                                                                            
             Men                                                                            
                                                                                            
      25 years and over.......      32.6      32.4      31.1      32.9      34.3      34.6  
25 to 29 years................       2.6       2.7       2.6       2.4       3.1       2.6  
30 to 34 years................      13.0      11.9      11.6      11.3      14.3      13.2  
35 to 39 years................      27.2      24.9      24.7      25.4      27.2      25.7  
40 to 44 years................      37.4      36.2      34.8      35.8      37.5      36.9  
45 to 49 years................      45.4      48.1      42.9      43.5      43.7      44.8  
50 to 54 years................      54.0      53.0      49.7      50.4      51.3      51.4  
55 to 59 years................      56.5      53.4      51.0      54.9      53.6      55.7  
60 to 64 years................      48.4      48.5      48.1      52.4      56.8      56.2  
65 years and over.............      46.4      46.8      47.2      58.9      51.9      55.5  
                                                                                            
            Women                                                                           
                                                                                            
      25 years and over.......      28.8      28.6      28.8      30.0      31.9      32.8  
25 to 29 years................       1.8       1.9       2.1       2.1       1.6       2.3  
30 to 34 years................      10.2       9.8       9.4       8.7      11.1      11.8  
35 to 39 years................      22.9      21.3      20.5      20.3      24.0      24.7  
40 to 44 years................      30.2      28.5      28.4      29.9      32.9      33.2  
45 to 49 years................      37.0      36.2      36.9      36.7      38.0      38.3  
50 to 54 years................      44.8      44.1      43.6      45.0      46.5      45.5  
55 to 59 years................      49.9      48.4      49.1      50.0      51.2      52.6  
60 to 64 years................      52.6      51.0      48.7      54.8      52.2      54.0  
65 years and over.............      49.7      50.7      49.9      53.8      54.3      55.6  

   NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January
data.