North America > 5000 January 2026
~9m
Questions answered
over 12 months- /
~150
Organizations
These insights represent ~9m questions answered from ~150 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
Financial Services, Retail, Hospital & Health Care, Marketing & Advertising, Food Production, Hospitality, Information Technology & Services, Insurance, Mining & Metals, Automotive
Reported gender breakdown
Male
56%
Female
44%
Non-Binary
0.12%
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 North America > 5000 employees are engaged
This is in the bottom 46% compared with other regions.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 15 and is in the top 42% compared with other regions.
How does North America > 5000 compare?
People in North America > 5000 were much more positive than average regarding Growth.
On the lower side, people in North America > 5000 had much lower favorable scores than average in Equity, Leadership, and Company And Leadership.
People working in North America > 5000 are more engaged than Benelux, DACH, Central Europe, and Nordic. People working in North America > 5000 are less engaged than Asia, Latin America, South America, and Central America.
The highest scoring question for North America > 5000 had 91% of people agreeing that they understand how their work contributes to %[Company]%'s mission (+0% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Contribution to Broader Purpose.
People in North America > 5000 were generally least favourable about Equity, and were most negative towards 'I believe my total compensation (base salary+any bonuses+benefits+equity) is fair, relative to similar roles at other companies' with 28% of people disagreeing (+5% 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 > 5000 organizations.
1 %[Company]% effectively directs resources (funding, people and effort) towards company goals | Company Performance |
2 Generally, the right people are rewarded and recognized at %[Company]% | Feedback & Recognition |
3 %[Company]%'s commitment to social responsibility (e.g. community support, sustainability, etc.) is genuine | Social Connection |
How long do people stay?
In the short term, 19% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (-1% 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
3%
6 months to less than 1 year
6%
1 to less than 2 years
14%
2 to less than 4 years
27%
4 to less than 6 years
11%
6 to less than 10 years
14%
Greater than 10 years
22%