2019 State of the Workforce Report Archives

Employee sentiment posts broad-based decline in January

The EMC Index, which tracks how people think and feel about their jobs, posted a large and broad-based decline in January. The drop was the largest since the series began in 2021, sending the index to its lowest level since May 2025.

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April 16, 2019

Summary of findings for the 2019 State of the Workforce Report

by Ahu Yildirmaz, Ph.D., Christopher Ryan, Jeff Nezaj

The first annual State of the Workforce Report provides decision makers with organizational benchmarks to compare against their own internal HR statistics.

National Averages

The National Summary Statistics section provides a high-level overview of HR metrics at the national level, inclusive of all industries and all firm sizes (of at least 50 employees).

Males and females show ...

April 16, 2019