Reference page
The numbers behind stress, burnout, engagement, and mental health at work. Every statistic below links to its original source, so writers, leaders, and event planners can cite it with confidence.
Workplace wellbeing is not about pretending a difficult job is easy. It is about noticing when pressure becomes a pattern, naming what people are carrying, and creating conditions that leave room for steadier choices. This page gathers current figures from primary and established research bodies, without turning people into a percentage.
Use it as a starting point for a presentation, article, leadership conversation, or event brief. Statistics describe a landscape. The human work is deciding what needs to change inside the room.
The numbers
40%
Gallup’s 2026 report uses 2025 data. That figure has held at 40% for two consecutive years, after reaching 44% in 2021 and 2022.
Gallup, State of the Global Workplace 2026 Published April 2026, data collected in 202550%
Gallup’s U.S. country data places daily stress 10 percentage points above the global figure. This is a three-year rolling average ending in 2025.
Gallup, U.S. State of the Global Workplace data Published April 2026, three-year average ending 202520%
Gallup reports that 64% were not engaged and 16% were actively disengaged. Engagement is Gallup’s measure of psychological investment in work and workplace.
Gallup, State of the Global Workplace 2026 Published April 2026, data collected in 202532%
The latest U.S. figure was unchanged from the prior three-year rolling average, according to Gallup’s 2026 country-level release.
Gallup, U.S. State of the Global Workplace data Published April 2026, three-year average ending 202516%
The World Health Organization notes that a safe, healthy workplace can protect mental health, while excessive workloads, low job control, discrimination, and job insecurity can create risk.
World Health Organization, Mental health at work Updated September 15, 2026, estimate for 202312 billion
The World Health Organization pairs this estimate with an annual US$1 trillion cost to the global economy, predominantly from lost productivity.
World Health Organization, Mental health at work Updated September 15, 20261.37%
The International Labour Organization’s 2026 global estimates also associate these risks with more than 840,000 deaths and nearly 45 million disability-adjusted life years lost each year.
International Labour Organization, The psychosocial working environment Published April 202677%
In the same 2023 American Psychological Association survey, 57% said they experienced at least one negative effect commonly associated with workplace burnout, including emotional exhaustion or reduced motivation.
American Psychological Association, Work in America Survey Published 2023What the numbers can and cannot do
Stress is not a personal failure, and a workplace statistic is not a diagnosis. A figure can reveal a pattern, but it cannot tell you what one person, team, or community needs next.
That is where a useful conversation begins: with language people can recognize, enough care to be honest, and practical tools that do not ask anyone to simply push harder. That is the kind of room Danielle creates.
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This is a curated reference page, not original research. Each statistic is reproduced as reported by its named source and dated according to the source’s latest relevant publication. Figures use different samples, definitions, and reporting periods, so they should not be combined as if they measure the same thing.
Suggested citation
Danielle Young Speaks. “Workplace Stress Statistics: 2026 Facts and Sources.” Updated October 27, 2026. https://danielleyoungspeaks.com/workplace-stress-statistics
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