Market snapshot

HR & work

Hiring, onboarding, people and time. The figures below are the headline numbers from 4 datasets, 194 verified figures in total.

Headline figures

29%29% of US employees said in August 2026 that they always or very often feel burned out at work.Gallup · Employee Burnout Statistics
48%48% of US employees reported feeling stressed a lot of the previous day in August 2026, about 10 points above the pre-pandemic norm.Gallup · Employee Burnout Statistics
40%40% of employees worldwide experienced stress a lot of the previous day, according to Gallup's 2025 World Poll data.Gallup · Employee Burnout Statistics
117The average Microsoft 365 user received 117 emails a day in 2025, most of them skimmed in under a minute.Microsoft · Workplace Communication Statistics
153The average Microsoft 365 user received 153 Teams messages per weekday in 2025.Microsoft · Workplace Communication Statistics
275Microsoft 365 users are interrupted about every two minutes during core hours by a meeting, email or chat, about 275 times a day.Microsoft · Workplace Communication Statistics
54%54% of US employees with remote-capable jobs worked a hybrid schedule in August 2026, according to Gallup.Gallup · Hybrid Work Statistics
35%On days they worked in 2025, 35% of all employed Americans did some or all of their work at home, against 70% who worked at their workplace.U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · Hybrid Work Statistics
26%About 26% of paid workdays in the US were full work-from-home days in July 2026, based on the monthly SWAA survey of workers aged 20 to 64.WFH Research (Survey of Working Arrangements and Attitudes) · Hybrid Work Statistics
74.9 millionMBO Partners estimates that a record 74.9 million Americans earned income independently in 2026.MBO Partners · Gig Economy Statistics
11.9 million11.9 million Americans worked as independent contractors in their main job in July 2023, 7.4% of total employment, according to the latest Bureau of Labor Statistics Contingent Worker Supplement.U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · Gig Economy Statistics
20%20% of US adults did some form of gig activity in the month before the Federal Reserve's 2024 survey.Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System · Gig Economy Statistics

Charts

US employees feeling each emotion a lot of the previous day, August 2026
Gallup Panel, US employees, August 2026.
- Stress48%
- Loneliness20%
- Anger18%
Source: Gallup
table
Stress 48%
Loneliness 20%
Anger 18%
Employee Burnout Statistics
EU workers reporting health problems caused or made worse by work, 2025
EU-OSHA OSH Pulse 2025 Flash Eurobarometer, workers in the EU27, health problems in the previous 12 months.
- Overall fatigue37%
- Headaches and eyestrain35%
- Stress, depression or anxiety29%
- Bone, joint or muscle problems28%
Source: European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA)
table
Overall fatigue 37%
Headaches and eyestrain 35%
Stress, depression or anxiety 29%
Bone, joint or muscle problems 28%
Employee Burnout Statistics
How UK employees rate the frequency of meetings with their manager, 2026
CIPD/YouGov Working Lives survey of 5,074 UK employees, December 2025 to February 2026.
- Adequate71%
- Want to meet more often17%
- Want to meet less often6%
Source: CIPD
table
Adequate 71%
Want to meet more often 17%
Want to meet less often 6%
Workplace Communication Statistics
How work and family overlap for US parents working full time, 2026
Pew Research Center survey of 2,242 US working parents, March 2 to 15, 2026; figures are for parents working full time.
- Do parenting tasks while working70%
- Do work tasks while with their children59%
- Find balancing work and family difficult54%
Source: Pew Research Center
table
Do parenting tasks while working 70%
Do work tasks while with their children 59%
Find balancing work and family difficult 54%
Workplace Communication Statistics
Work arrangement: actual vs preferred, US remote-capable employees
Gallup Panel, US employees with remote-capable jobs. Actual arrangement as of August 2026, preference asked in November 2025.
0%20%40%60%80%100%
54%
61%
25%
33%
21%
6%
Hybrid, actualHybrid, preferredFully remote, actualFully remote, preferredOn-site, actualOn-site, preferred
Source: Gallup
table
Hybrid, actual 54%
Hybrid, preferred 61%
Fully remote, actual 25%
Fully remote, preferred 33%
On-site, actual 21%
On-site, preferred 6%
Hybrid Work Statistics
How US full-time employees worked, September 2025 to August 2026
Survey of Working Arrangements and Attitudes, US full-time wage and salary employees aged 20 to 64, reference week of each monthly wave.
- Fully on site62%
- Hybrid26%
- Fully remote12%
Source: WFH Research (Survey of Working Arrangements and Attitudes)
table
Fully on site 62%
Hybrid 26%
Fully remote 12%
Hybrid Work Statistics

Stress	48%
Loneliness	20%
Anger	18%

Overall fatigue	37%
Headaches and eyestrain	35%
Stress, depression or anxiety	29%
Bone, joint or muscle problems	28%

Adequate	71%
Want to meet more often	17%
Want to meet less often	6%

Do parenting tasks while working	70%
Do work tasks while with their children	59%
Find balancing work and family difficult	54%

Hybrid, actual	54%
Hybrid, preferred	61%
Fully remote, actual	25%
Fully remote, preferred	33%
On-site, actual	21%
On-site, preferred	6%

Fully on site	62%
Hybrid	26%
Fully remote	12%

Datasets

Employee Burnout Statistics
Gallup found that 29% of US employees always or very often felt burned out at work in August 2026, and 48% felt stressed a lot of the previous day. In the EU, 29% of workers told EU-OSHA in 2025 that work caused or worsened stress, depression or anxiety, and in Great Britain the Health and Safety Executive counted 964,000 workers with work-related stress, depression or anxiety in 2024/25.
54 figures · 12 publishers · csv
Workplace Communication Statistics
Microsoft's 2025 telemetry shows the average worker receives 117 emails and 153 Teams messages a day and is interrupted about every two minutes, or 275 times a day. Gallup found only 49% of US employees strongly agreed they know what is expected of them in the first half of 2026, and the 2026 IC Index found just 54% of UK employees rate their organization's communication as excellent.
49 figures · 13 publishers · csv
Hybrid Work Statistics
Gallup found that 54% of US employees with remote-capable jobs worked a hybrid schedule in August 2026, 25% were fully remote and 21% were on-site. Across the whole US workforce the share is smaller: the BLS American Time Use Survey shows 35% of employed people did some work at home on days worked in 2025, and WFH Research puts full work-from-home days at about 26% of paid days. Hybrid shares are 28% in Great Britain (ONS) and 9.8% in Canada (Statistics Canada).
46 figures · 12 publishers · csv
Gig Economy Statistics
MBO Partners counts a record 74.9 million Americans earning income independently in 2026, while the BLS counted 11.9 million independent contractors in their main job in its latest survey, from July 2023. The Federal Reserve found 58% of self-employed adults had income that varied month to month in 2025, against 28% of employees, and the ILO counted at least 653 active digital labour platforms worldwide in October 2025.
45 figures · 14 publishers · csv