Government Administration United States January 2026
Emerging
Benchmark status
We consider this an emerging benchmark: it has enough data available for us to use bootstrapping to create a representative sample. As the sample grows in size, some scores may slightly change. Our research has shown that our bootstrapped scores are consistent with our standard benchmarks. Read more about the methodology.
Data provided by Culture Amp
Most represented industries in this benchmark
Government Administration
Reported gender breakdown
Female
71%
Male
28%
Non-Binary
0.22%
Are employees committed to their organizations?
Engaged people are emotionally committed to their organization. These people stay at their organizations longer and are more productive and effective. Successful organizations have more engaged employees.
68% of Government Administration United States employees are engaged
This is in the bottom 40% compared with the overall average.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 7 and is in the bottom 27% compared with the overall average.
How does Government Administration United States compare?
People in Government Administration United States were much more positive than average regarding Alignment & Involvement.
On the lower side, people in Government Administration United States had much lower favorable scores than average in Action, Feedback & Recognition, and Company Performance.
People working in Government Administration United States are more engaged than Nonprofit Organization Management United Kingdom, Creative & Media Central Europe, Manufacturing Japan, and Computer Software Benelux. People working in Government Administration United States are less engaged than Financial Services (500-1000), Medical Devices, Food & Beverage (200-500), and Technology, Science, Research (0-100).
The highest scoring question for Government Administration United States had 89% of people agreeing that they know what they need to do to be successful in their role (+2% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Alignment & Involvement.
People in Government Administration United States were generally least favourable about Action, and were most negative towards 'When it is clear that someone is not delivering in their role we do something about it' with 29% of people disagreeing (+12% above average).
How long do people stay?
In the short term, 21% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (+1% compared to overall) while on a longer time frame, 7% of people see themselves leaving within two years (-3% compared to overall).
Understanding Tenure distributions
Tenure describes how long an employee has worked for their company: we know through our research that newly hired employees tend to be more positive than their tenured counterparts. Positivity declines sharply before bottoming out between two to six years, then rises slightly for those that remain.
The tenure composition of a benchmark can influence overall scores.
Tenure distributions
Less than 3 months
1%
3 months to 6 months
1%
6 months to less than 1 year
4%
1 to less than 2 years
13%
2 to less than 4 years
17%
4 to less than 6 years
6%
6 to less than 10 years
16%
Greater than 10 years
42%