Figure 3. Average Years of service at ERS and NIFA
Average years of service among the permanent, full-time employees per month from fiscal year 2017 to fiscal year 2022
A line chart illustrating the average length of service among employees working at ERS and NIFA between October 2016 and September 2022. The lines are stable at the start of the range in the mid to upper teens, but begin to experience a slow uptick between August 2018 and around June 2019 as some initial employees left or transferred before the move. Then both offices decline considerably between the summer of 2019 and early 2021 as long-term employees left and employees new to federal service were hired at the offices to replace them. At this point, both offices reach a new level of stability around 8 to 10 years.