Human Resources United States July 2026
~240k
Questions answered
over 12 months- /
~350
Organizations
These insights represent ~240k 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, Hospital & Health Care, Internet, Insurance, Nonprofit Organization Management, Banking, Computer & Network Security, Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing
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.
75% of Human Resources United States employees are engaged
This is in the top 37% compared with the overall average.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 23 and is in the top 17% compared with the overall average.
How does Human Resources United States compare?
People in Human Resources United States were much more positive than average regarding Decision Making, Feedback & Recognition, and Equity.
On the lower side, people in Human Resources United States had much lower favorable scores than average in Readiness, Feedback Culture, and Company And Leadership.
People working in Human Resources United States 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 United States are less engaged than Real Estate North America, Information Technology & Services Asia, Finance India, and Colombia.
The highest scoring question for Human Resources United States 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 United States 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 15% of people disagreeing (-1% below average).
How long do people stay?
In the short term, 17% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (-2% 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
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
13%