The given bar chart illustrates the average years individuals in Europe and the USA engaged in one job in two surveyed years, 1985 and 2005.
Overall, all age groups witnessed a same decrease in job tenure, with individuals aged 35-45 years old staying in a job longer than those aged 25-35 years old. Additionally, European individuals worked for a job longer than their American counterparts throughout the period.
All groups in two regions recorded a decrease of 1 year in job tenure among individuals. Regarding the younger age groups, European workers had 5 years of staying at one job in 1985, which decreased to 4 years in 2005, yet was still higher compared to the figure for the corresponding age cohort in the USA, declining from 4 years to the lowest figure of 3 years among areas.
A similar tendency can be observed in the 35-45 age brackets. European individuals aged 35-45 years old tended to maintain a job at 7 years in 1985, and 6 years in 2005, remaining the highest job tenure across regions and groups. This group in the USA also demonstrated moderate years of maintenance, which dropped from 6 years to 5 years after a 20-year period.