United States July 2026
~21m
Questions answered
over 12 months- /
~2k
Organizations
These insights represent ~21m questions answered from ~2k 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
Computer Software, Nonprofit Organization Management, Financial Services, Information Technology & Services, Hospital & Health Care, Marketing & Advertising, Internet, Biotechnology, Civic & Social Organization, Insurance
Reported gender breakdown
Male
54%
Female
46%
Non-Binary
0.09%
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.
72% of United States employees are engaged
This is in the top 45% compared with other regions.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 19 and is in the top 27% compared with other countries.
How does United States compare?
People in United States were much more positive than average regarding Work Pressure, Performance Effectiveness, and Recognition.
On the lower side, people in United States had much lower favorable scores than average in Growth And Development and Growth And Connection.
People working in United States are more engaged than Norway, Denmark, Japan, and Sweden. People working in United States are less engaged than Mexico, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, and Vietnam.
The highest scoring question for United States had 93% of people agreeing that The work that they do at %[Company]% is important (+0% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Contribution to Broader Purpose.
People in United States were generally least favourable about Decision Making, and were most negative towards 'I have seen positive changes taking place based on recent employee survey results' with 13% of people disagreeing (-1% below 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 United States organizations.
1 %[Company]% is a great company for me to make a contribution to my development | Learning & Development |
2 The leaders at %[Company]% demonstrate that people are important to the company's success | Leadership |
3 I have confidence in the leaders at %[Company]% | Leadership |
How long do people stay?
In the short term, 18% 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
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
24%
4 to less than 6 years
14%
6 to less than 10 years
14%
Greater than 10 years
18%