Band 6+: The bar chart shows average years individuals in different age groups (25-35,35-45) can stay in one job in Europe and the USA between 1985 and 2005.

The data gives information about how many years people from certain age groups can tolerate one occupation, in the United States of America and Europe, from 1985 to 2005.

Overall, over time, the career span of average workers in one profession reduced for all categories.

Starting with Europe, employees in this continent were 1 year ahead of that in USA in both 25-35 years old and 35-45 years old categories during the period. In the workplace in Europe, average years in one job dwindled by one year for both 25-35 and 35-45 years olds, from 5 and 7 years, respectively, in 2005.

Moving to the data for the USA, it is obvious that the more mature age group has a longer career in one job, having two years more than the younger generation with 6 years in 1985, the duration declined by one year in 2005. The same trend experienced by 25-35 years old age category, resulting the decrease to less than 3 years in the end of the period.