North America 1000+ January 2026
~18m
Questions answered
over 12 months- /
~600
Organizations
These insights represent ~18m 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, Financial Services, Information Technology & Services, Hospital & Health Care, Internet, Marketing & Advertising, Retail, Utilities, Insurance, Apparel & Fashion
Reported gender breakdown
Male
54%
Female
46%
Non-Binary
0.21%
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.
70% of North America 1000+ employees are engaged
This is in the bottom 45% compared with other regions.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 13 and is in the top 47% compared with other regions.
How does North America 1000+ compare?
People in North America 1000+ were much more positive than average regarding Social Connections, Goal Alignment, and Coaching.
On the lower side, people in North America 1000+ had much lower favorable scores than average in Transparency, Decision Making, and Progress And Growth.
People working in North America 1000+ are more engaged than Benelux, DACH, Central Europe, and Nordic. People working in North America 1000+ are less engaged than East Asia, Southeast Asia, Asia, and Latin America.
The highest scoring question for North America 1000+ had 90% of people agreeing that The work that they do at %[Company]% is important (-3% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Contribution to Broader Purpose.
People in North America 1000+ were generally least favourable about Decision Making, and were most negative towards 'I am satisfied with how decisions are made at %[Company]%' with 21% of people disagreeing (+7% above 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 North America 1000+ organizations.
1 %[Company]% effectively directs resources (funding, people and effort) towards company goals | Company Performance |
2 The leaders at %[Company]% have communicated a vision that motivates me | Leadership |
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, 20% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (+0% 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
7%
1 to less than 2 years
14%
2 to less than 4 years
28%
4 to less than 6 years
13%
6 to less than 10 years
15%
Greater than 10 years
19%