United States (1000-5000) January 2026
~9m
Questions answered
over 12 months- /
~500
Organizations
These insights represent ~9m 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, Financial Services, Information Technology & Services, Internet, Hospital & Health Care, Utilities, Marketing & Advertising, Apparel & Fashion, Insurance, Food & Beverages
Reported gender breakdown
Male
51%
Female
49%
Non-Binary
0.27%
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.
69% of United States (1000-5000) employees are engaged
This is in the bottom 40% compared with other regions.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 11 and is in the bottom 49% compared with other regions.
How does United States (1000-5000) compare?
People in United States (1000-5000) were much more positive than average regarding Support Resources, Goal Alignment, and Coaching.
On the lower side, people in United States (1000-5000) had much lower favorable scores than average in Decision Making, Progress And Growth, and Managing Energy.
People working in United States (1000-5000) are more engaged than Benelux, DACH, Central Europe, and Nordic. People working in United States (1000-5000) are less engaged than Middle East & Africa, East Asia, Southeast Asia, and Asia.
The highest scoring question for United States (1000-5000) had 90% of people agreeing that The work that they do at %[Company]% is important (-3% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Contribution to Broader Purpose.
People in United States (1000-5000) 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 16% of people disagreeing (+2% 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 United States (1000-5000) organizations.
1 %[Company]% effectively directs resources (funding, people and effort) towards company goals | Company Performance |
2 The leaders at %[Company]% demonstrate that people are important to the company's success | Leadership |
3 The leaders at %[Company]% have communicated a vision that motivates me | Leadership |
How long do people stay?
In the short term, 21% 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
2%
3 months to 6 months
4%
6 months to less than 1 year
7%
1 to less than 2 years
14%
2 to less than 4 years
28%
4 to less than 6 years
14%
6 to less than 10 years
15%
Greater than 10 years
17%