Technology, Science, Research North America July 2025
~1m
Questions answered
over 12 months- /
~200
Organizations
These insights represent ~1m questions answered from ~200 organizations, collected between July 2024 and June 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
Biotechnology, Pharmaceuticals, Research, Medical Devices, Aviation & Aerospace, Chemicals, Defense & Space
Reported gender breakdown
Male
53%
Female
47%
Non-Binary
0.13%
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 Technology, Science, Research North America employees are engaged
This is in the top 43% compared with the overall average.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 15 and is in the top 46% compared with the overall average.
How does Technology, Science, Research North America compare?
People in Technology, Science, Research North America were much more positive than average regarding Innovation, Wellbeing Culture, and Work Life Blend.
On the lower side, people in Technology, Science, Research North America had much lower favorable scores than average in Decision Making, Equity, and Overall Industries (Global) Wellbeing.
People working in Technology, Science, Research North America are more engaged than Nonprofit Organization Management Europe, Hungary, Germany (200-500), and Turkey 1000+. People working in Technology, Science, Research North America are less engaged than Accounting, East Asia > 5000, Construction & Heavy Industry Canada, and Media & Marketing South Asia.
The highest scoring question for Technology, Science, Research North America had 92% of people agreeing that they know how their work contributes to the goals of %[Company]% (+3% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Contribution to Broader Purpose.
People in Technology, Science, Research North America were generally least favourable about Decision Making, and were most negative towards 'I am satisfied with how decisions are made at %[Company]%' with 17% of people disagreeing (+1% 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 Technology, Science, Research North America 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 %[Company]% really allows us to make a positive difference | Social Connection |
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, 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
3%
3 months to 6 months
5%
6 months to less than 1 year
10%
1 to less than 2 years
18%
2 to less than 4 years
32%
4 to less than 6 years
14%
6 to less than 10 years
10%
Greater than 10 years
8%