Government North America 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, International Trade & Development, Security & Investigations, International Affairs, Political Organization
Reported gender breakdown
Female
58%
Male
42%
Non-Binary
0.47%
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 North America employees are engaged
This is in the bottom 46% compared with the overall average.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 6 and is in the bottom 26% compared with the overall average.
How does Government North America compare?
People in Government North America were much more positive than average regarding Inclusion.
On the lower side, people in Government North America had much lower favorable scores than average in Equity, Action, and Company Performance.
People working in Government North America are more engaged than Nonprofit Organization Management United Kingdom, Creative & Media Central Europe, Manufacturing Japan, and Computer Software Benelux. People working in Government North America are less engaged than Africa, Banking (200-500), Hospital & Health Care (500-1000), and Healthcare North America.
The highest scoring question for Government North America had 88% 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 Management.
People in Government North America were generally least favourable about Equity, and were most negative towards 'When it is clear that someone is not delivering in their role we do something about it' with 25% of people disagreeing (+8% 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, 8% of people see themselves leaving within two years (-2% 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
2%
6 months to less than 1 year
7%
1 to less than 2 years
14%
2 to less than 4 years
23%
4 to less than 6 years
12%
6 to less than 10 years
13%
Greater than 10 years
28%