S&P 500 July 2026
~1.4m
Questions answered
over 12 months- /
~25
Organizations
These insights represent ~1.4m questions answered from ~25 organizations, collected between July 2025 and June 2026.
The data meet our criteria as being robust and reliable; unlikely to substantially change over time; and representative of the wider industry.
Data provided by Culture Amp
Most represented industries in this benchmark
Financial Services, Biotechnology, Information Technology & Services, Insurance, Internet, Automotive, Computer & Network Security, Entertainment, Food & Beverages, Human Resources
Most represented regions in this benchmark
Northern America
50%
Europe
18%
APAC
11%
Latin America
9%
Asia
7%
Oceania
4%
Reported gender breakdown
Male
63%
Female
37%
Non-Binary
0.04%
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 S&P 500 employees are engaged
This is in the top 40% compared with other industries.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 10 and is in the bottom 18% compared with other industries.
How does S&P 500 compare?
People in S&P 500 were much more positive than average regarding Alignment & Involvement.
On the lower side, people in S&P 500 had much lower favorable scores than average in Collaboration & Communication, Company Performance, and Learning & Development.
People working in S&P 500 are as engaged as other industries.
The highest scoring question for S&P 500 had 89% 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 Alignment & Involvement.
People in S&P 500 were generally least favourable about Action, and were most negative towards 'I believe action will take place as a result of this survey' with 17% of people disagreeing (+2% 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 (+0% 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
4%
6 months to less than 1 year
9%
1 to less than 2 years
14%
2 to less than 4 years
24%
4 to less than 6 years
15%
6 to less than 10 years
15%
Greater than 10 years
17%