In 2025, about what share of U.S. managers said they were engaged at work?
Answer36%
Manager engagement is closely watched because disengaged managers tend to produce disengaged teams.
Source: Gallup (2025) gallup.com
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Talent facts & stats
4 sourced facts about talent management and the workplace, each with the context behind the number. 4 more are in today's round and appear here after it closes.
The basics
Going deeper
Some estimates put the cost of replacing an employee as high as what share of their annual salary?
Answerup to 200%
Costs include recruiting, onboarding, lost productivity, and training the replacement.
Source: Wikipedia (Employee retention) (2023) en.wikipedia.org
From 2000-2008, the average total monthly U.S. employee turnover rate (all industries, seasonally adjusted) was about what?
Answerabout 3.3%
That monthly rate compounds into a substantial share of the workforce turning over across a full year.
Source: Wikipedia (Employee turnover) (2008) en.wikipedia.org
Expert level
In that same period, what was the turnover rate specifically in the leisure and hospitality industry?
Answerabout 74.6%
Leisure and hospitality has long had one of the highest turnover rates of any major industry.
Source: Wikipedia (Employee turnover) (2006) en.wikipedia.org
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