Pharmaceuticals United States January 2026
Emerging
Benchmark status
We consider this an emerging benchmark: it has enough data available for us to use bootstrapping to create a representative sample. As the sample grows in size, some scores may slightly change. Our research has shown that our bootstrapped scores are consistent with our standard benchmarks. Read more about the methodology.
Data provided by Culture Amp
Most represented industries in this benchmark
Pharmaceuticals
Reported gender breakdown
Female
59%
Male
41%
Non-Binary
0.01%
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 Pharmaceuticals United States employees are engaged
This is in the top 46% compared with the overall average.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 10 and is in the bottom 35% compared with the overall average.
How does Pharmaceuticals United States compare?
On the lower side, people in Pharmaceuticals United States had much lower favorable scores than average in Action, Service & Quality Focus, and Learning & Development.
People working in Pharmaceuticals United States are more engaged than Nonprofit Organization Management United Kingdom, Creative & Media Central Europe, Manufacturing Japan, and Computer Software Benelux. People working in Pharmaceuticals United States are less engaged than United States (0-100), Asia 1000+, Computer & Network Security North America, and Tech: Manufacturing & Research North America.
The highest scoring question for Pharmaceuticals United States had 91% 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 Pharmaceuticals United States were generally least favourable about Action, and were most negative towards 'When it is clear that someone is not delivering in their role we do something about it' with 21% of people disagreeing (+4% above average).
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, 7% of people see themselves leaving within two years (-3% 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
15%
2 to less than 4 years
30%
4 to less than 6 years
16%
6 to less than 10 years
14%
Greater than 10 years
12%