Professional Sports Teams 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
Sports, Automotive
Most represented regions in this benchmark
Europe
28%
APAC
26%
Oceania
25%
Northern America
21%
Reported gender breakdown
Male
59%
Female
41%
Non-Binary
0.03%
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 Professional Sports Teams employees are engaged
This is in the top 40% compared with other industries.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 25 and is in the top 10% compared with other industries.
How does Professional Sports Teams compare?
People in Professional Sports Teams were much more positive than average regarding Inclusion.
On the lower side, people in Professional Sports Teams had much lower favorable scores than average in Equity, Action, and Feedback & Recognition.
People working in Professional Sports Teams are as engaged as other industries.
The highest scoring question for Professional Sports Teams had 90% of people agreeing that they are proud to work for %[Company]% (+6% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Management.
People in Professional Sports Teams 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 36% of people disagreeing (+13% above average).
How long do people stay?
In the short term, 23% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (+3% compared to overall) while on a longer time frame, 12% 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
3%
3 months to 6 months
5%
6 months to less than 1 year
13%
1 to less than 2 years
20%
2 to less than 4 years
25%
4 to less than 6 years
10%
6 to less than 10 years
13%
Greater than 10 years
13%