Technology, Science, Research United States July 2025
~1m
Questions answered
over 12 months- /
~150
Organizations
These insights represent ~1m questions answered from ~150 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
0.12%
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 United States employees are engaged
This is in the top 43% compared with the overall average.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 16 and is in the top 40% compared with the overall average.
How does Technology, Science, Research United States compare?
People in Technology, Science, Research United States were much more positive than average regarding Innovation, Wellbeing Culture, and Growth.
On the lower side, people in Technology, Science, Research United States had much lower favorable scores than average in Decision Making, Equity, and Transfer Of Expectations & Values.
People working in Technology, Science, Research United States are more engaged than Nonprofit Organization Management Europe, Hungary, Germany (200-500), and Turkey 1000+. People working in Technology, Science, Research United States are less engaged than Professional Services (0-100), United Arab Emirates, Insurance North America, and Technology, Science, Research Asia.
The highest scoring question for Technology, Science, Research United States had 92% of people agreeing that they know how their work contributes to the goals of %[Company]% (+2% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Contribution to Broader Purpose.
People in Technology, Science, Research United States 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 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 I believe there are good career opportunities for me at %[Company]% | Learning & Development |
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, 9% of people see themselves leaving within two years (-1% 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
13%
6 to less than 10 years
10%
Greater than 10 years
9%