Software Engineer United States July 2025
~1m
Questions answered
over 12 months- /
~500
Organizations
These insights represent ~1m questions answered from ~500 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
Computer Software, Internet, Financial Services, Information Technology & Services, Hospital & Health Care, Computer & Network Security, Marketing & Advertising, Insurance, E-Learning
Reported gender breakdown
Male
81%
Female
19%
Non-Binary
0.43%
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 Software Engineer United States employees are engaged
This is in the top 40% compared with the overall average.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 14 and is the highest scoring group compared with the overall average.
How does Software Engineer United States compare?
People in Software Engineer United States were much more positive than average regarding Decision Making, Feedback & Recognition, and Equity.
On the lower side, people in Software Engineer United States had much lower favorable scores than average in Growth, Team Adjustment To Remote Work, and Contribution To Broader Purpose.
People working in Software Engineer United States are as engaged as the overall average.
The highest scoring question for Software Engineer United States had 93% of people agreeing that they are able to arrange time out from work when they need to (+6% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Work & Life Blend.
People in Software Engineer United States were generally least favourable about Action, and were most negative towards 'When there are career opportunities at %[Company]%, I am aware of them' with 16% of people disagreeing (+2% above average).
How long do people stay?
In the short term, 18% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (-2% 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
8%
1 to less than 2 years
15%
2 to less than 4 years
33%
4 to less than 6 years
16%
6 to less than 10 years
14%
Greater than 10 years
9%