Retail United States January 2026
~1.8m
Questions answered
over 12 months- /
~150
Organizations
These insights represent ~1.8m 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
Apparel & Fashion, Retail, Cosmetics, Consumer Goods, Packaging & Containers, Consumer Electronics, Consumer Services, Furniture, Business Supplies & Equipment, Luxury Goods & Jewelry
Reported gender breakdown
Female
59%
Male
41%
Non-Binary
0.41%
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 Retail United States employees are engaged
This is in the top 49% compared with the overall average.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 19 and is in the top 31% compared with the overall average.
How does Retail United States compare?
People in Retail United States were much more positive than average regarding Growth and Your Manager.
On the lower side, people in Retail United States had much lower favorable scores than average in Equity, Company And Leadership, and Learning & Development.
People working in Retail United States are more engaged than Nonprofit Organization Management United Kingdom, Creative & Media Central Europe, Manufacturing Japan, and Computer Software Benelux. People working in Retail United States are less engaged than Professional Services North America, East Asia > 5000, Computer Software (100-200), and Oil & Energy APAC.
The highest scoring question for Retail United States had 90% of people agreeing that they know how their work contributes to the goals of %[Company]% (+1% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Management.
People in Retail United States were generally least favourable about Equity, and were most negative towards 'I believe that my total compensation is fair, relative to similar roles at %[Company]%' with 26% 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 Retail United States organizations.
1 I have confidence in the leaders at %[Company]% | Leadership |
2 The leaders at %[Company]% demonstrate that people are important to the company's success | Leadership |
3 The leaders at %[Company]% have communicated a vision that motivates me | Leadership |
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, 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
3%
3 months to 6 months
4%
6 months to less than 1 year
8%
1 to less than 2 years
16%
2 to less than 4 years
26%
4 to less than 6 years
12%
6 to less than 10 years
14%
Greater than 10 years
19%