New Tech United States January 2026
~5m
Questions answered
over 12 months- /
~600
Organizations
These insights represent ~5m questions answered from ~600 organizations, collected between January 2025 and December 2025.
The data meet our criteria as being robust and reliable; unlikely to substantially change over time; and representative of the wider industry. Read more about the methodology.
Data provided by Culture Amp
Most represented industries in this benchmark
Computer Software, Information Technology & Services, Internet, Computer & Network Security
Reported gender breakdown
Male
59%
Female
40%
Non-Binary
0.33%
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.
71% of New Tech United States employees are engaged
This is in the top 38% compared with the overall average.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 16 and is in the top 46% compared with the overall average.
How does New Tech United States compare?
People in New Tech United States were much more positive than average regarding Decision Making, Equity, and Feedback & Recognition.
On the lower side, people in New Tech United States had much lower favorable scores than average in Transparency, Overall Industries (Global) Wellbeing, and Growth.
People working in New Tech United States are more engaged than Nonprofit Organization Management United Kingdom, Creative & Media Central Europe, Manufacturing Japan, and Computer Software Benelux. People working in New Tech United States are less engaged than South Asia > 5000, Professional Services United States, Computer & Network Security, and East Asia (200-500).
The highest scoring question for New Tech United States 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 Management.
People in New Tech United States were generally least favourable about Action, 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 United States organizations.
1 The leaders at %[Company]% demonstrate that people are important to the company's success | Leadership |
2 I have confidence in the leaders at %[Company]% | Leadership |
3 %[Company]% is a great company for me to make a contribution to my development | Learning & Development |
How long do people stay?
In the short term, 18% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (-2% compared to overall) while on a longer time frame, 10% of people see themselves leaving within two years (+0% 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
15%
2 to less than 4 years
31%
4 to less than 6 years
16%
6 to less than 10 years
14%
Greater than 10 years
9%