Human Resources North America July 2026
~270k
Questions answered
over 12 months- /
~350
Organizations
These insights represent ~270k questions answered from ~350 organizations, collected between July 2025 and June 2026.
To ensure accuracy and stability of Emerging benchmarks we may use statistical sampling methods. Read more about the methodology.
Data provided by Culture Amp
Most represented industries in this benchmark
Computer Software, Financial Services, Information Technology & Services, Internet, Hospital & Health Care, Insurance, Nonprofit Organization Management, Banking, Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing, Computer & Network Security
Reported gender breakdown
Female
77%
Male
23%
Non-Binary
0.02%
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.
74% of Human Resources North America employees are engaged
This is in the top 40% compared with the overall average.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 23 and is in the top 14% compared with the overall average.
How does Human Resources North America compare?
People in Human Resources North America were much more positive than average regarding Decision Making, Feedback & Recognition, and Action.
On the lower side, people in Human Resources North America had much lower favorable scores than average in Readiness, Feedback Culture, and Remote Teams.
People working in Human Resources North America are more engaged than Management Consulting United Kingdom, Management Consulting Europe, Information Technology & Services Germany, and Consulting & Staffing United Kingdom. People working in Human Resources North America are less engaged than Finance Asia, Financial Services (100-200), Professional Services South Asia, and Professional Services India.
The highest scoring question for Human Resources North America had 93% of people agreeing that they know how their work contributes to the goals of %[Company]% (+4% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Contribution to Broader Purpose.
People in Human Resources North America were generally least favourable about Decision Making, and were most negative towards 'When it is clear that someone is not delivering in their role we do something about it' with 16% of people disagreeing (-1% below average).
How long do people stay?
In the short term, 18% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (-1% compared to overall) while on a longer time frame, 9% of people see themselves leaving within two years (-1% 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
2%
3 months to 6 months
4%
6 months to less than 1 year
9%
1 to less than 2 years
16%
2 to less than 4 years
25%
4 to less than 6 years
18%
6 to less than 10 years
14%
Greater than 10 years
12%