New Tech North America July 2026
~4m
Questions answered
over 12 months- /
~550
Organizations
These insights represent ~4m questions answered from ~550 organizations, collected between July 2025 and June 2026.
The data meet our criteria as being robust and reliable; unlikely to substantially change over time; and representative of the wider industry.
Data provided by Culture Amp
Most represented industries in this benchmark
Computer Software, Information Technology & Services, Internet, Computer & Network Security
Reported gender breakdown
Male
60%
Female
39%
Non-Binary
0.14%
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.
73% of New Tech North America employees are engaged
This is in the top 37% compared with the overall average.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 19 and is in the top 32% compared with the overall average.
How does New Tech North America compare?
People in New Tech North America were much more positive than average regarding Action, Equity, and Feedback & Recognition.
On the lower side, people in New Tech North America had much lower favorable scores than average in Overall Industries (Global) Wellbeing, Social Connections, and Contribution To Broader Purpose.
People working in New Tech 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 New Tech North America are less engaged than Financial Services East Asia, Latin America, Hospitality Asia, and United Arab Emirates.
The highest scoring question for New Tech North America had 92% of people agreeing that they know how their work contributes to the goals of %[Company]% (+2% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Contribution to Broader Purpose.
People in New Tech North America were generally least favourable about Decision Making, and were most negative towards 'I have seen positive changes taking place based on recent employee survey results' with 12% of people disagreeing (-2% below average).
Which questions matter the most?
Different things are important to different cultures. If you want to make more of your people engaged then you need to know what is important your people. These questions are most important to keeping people engaged in New Tech North America organizations.
1 I have confidence in the leaders at %[Company]% | Leadership |
2 %[Company]% is a great company for me to make a contribution to my development | Learning & Development |
3 The leaders at %[Company]% demonstrate that people are important to the company's success | Leadership |
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, 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
5%
6 months to less than 1 year
11%
1 to less than 2 years
16%
2 to less than 4 years
25%
4 to less than 6 years
17%
6 to less than 10 years
14%
Greater than 10 years
10%
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