Wellness Benchmark 2026: How Employees Rate Wellness at Work

Wellness scores 7.88 out of 10 in CultureMonkey's 2026 benchmark, 19th of 22 engagement drivers, with a 0.38 correlation to eNPS (12th strongest of 22).

Based on ~295,000 survey answers.Q3 2026 dataLast updated: October 2026

Industries, regions and company sizes appear here only when they have at least 3 companies for Wellness, so this page can list fewer than the parent's segment tables. Industry rankings cover the 14 industries with a full driver breakdown.

SNAPSHOT

Wellness benchmark for 2026 at a glance

Score
7.88 / 10
Link to eNPS (r)
0.38
12th strongest of 22
Top quartile starts at
8.30

The spread of Wellness from its lowest reported industry to its highest

7.058.32
EducationHealthcare
6.00Driver score, 0 to 10 scale, axis truncated at 6.00 so differences are visible10.00
Lowest to highest reported industryAll companies 7.88
The two ends are the lowest and the highest reported industry for this driver, joined so the size of the spread between them is the thing you see. The dashed line is the all-company score.
HIGHEST

Industries where employees rate Wellness highest

  • Healthcare employees rate Wellness highest, at 8.32 out of 10. That puts it 0.44 above the all-company Wellness score of 7.88.
  • Hospitality employees rate Wellness second highest, at 8.23 out of 10. That puts it 0.35 above the all-company Wellness score of 7.88.

Industries that rate Wellness highest

Healthcare8.32
Hospitality8.23
6.00Driver score, 0 to 10 scale, axis truncated at 6.00 so differences are visible10.00
This segmentAll companies 7.88
Every reported segment is a dot on one shared scale, ordered highest to lowest, with the top and bottom emphasised. The upright line is the all-company score for this driver. Only industries with enough answers to report are shown.

See employee engagement scores for every industry.

LOWEST

Industries where employees rate Wellness lowest

  • Education employees rate Wellness lowest, at 7.05 out of 10. That puts it 0.83 below the all-company Wellness score of 7.88.
  • Food and Beverage employees rate Wellness second lowest, at 7.51 out of 10. That puts it 0.37 below the all-company Wellness score of 7.88.
  • Professional Services employees rate Wellness third lowest, at 7.57 out of 10. That puts it 0.31 below the all-company Wellness score of 7.88.

Industries that rate Wellness lowest

Education7.05
Food and Beverage7.51
Professional Services7.57
6.00Driver score, 0 to 10 scale, axis truncated at 6.00 so differences are visible10.00
This segmentAll companies 7.88
Each bar runs to that segment's score. The upright tick on every bar is the all-company score for this driver, and the figure under each bar is its distance from that score. Only industries with enough answers to report are shown.

The spread of Wellness across industries

7.05 Education8.32 Healthcare
6.00Driver score, 0 to 10 scale, axis truncated at 6.00 so differences are visible10.00
Reported rangeAll companies 7.88
Of the industries with enough answers to report, Wellness ranges from 7.05 in Education to 8.32 in Healthcare, around an all-company score of 7.88.

See how all 22 drivers rank on score and on their link to eNPS.

BREAKDOWN

Wellness scores by region and company size

How Wellness varies by region

8.007.857.847.717.43
APACLatin AmericaMiddle East and AfricaNorth AmericaEurope
6.00Driver score, 0 to 10 scale, axis truncated at 6.00 so differences are visible10.00
This segmentAll companies 7.88
All 5 regions, highest first. Each column is one segment's score. The dashed line is the all-company score for this driver, so a column above the line scores higher than the benchmark and one below it scores lower. Regions are ordered highest to lowest.

How Wellness changes as companies get bigger

7.637.997.897.90
Micro (under 100)SMB (100 to 499)Mid-Market (500 to 1,999)Enterprise (2,000+)
6.00Driver score, 0 to 10 scale, axis truncated at 6.00 so differences are visible10.00
This segmentAll companies 7.88
All 4 company sizes, smallest first. The line joins the segments in order and the shaded area under it makes the direction of travel easy to follow. The dashed line is the all-company score for this driver. Company sizes run from the smallest headcount band to the largest.

See employee engagement by region and by company size.

Next in the ranking: Growth & Development ranks just above Wellness, and Work-Life Balance just below.

Related drivers: Work-Life Balance.

QUESTIONS

Common questions about the Wellness benchmark

What is a good wellness score?

A Wellness score of 8.30 or higher puts a company in the top quartile of CultureMonkey's 2026 benchmark. The all-company Wellness score is 7.88 out of 10, 19th of 22 drivers.

Which industries score highest and lowest on wellness?

Of the industries with enough answers to report, Healthcare (8.32) and Hospitality (8.23) score highest on Wellness, and Education scores lowest at 7.05.

How strongly does wellness affect eNPS?

Wellness has a 0.38 correlation with eNPS, 12th strongest of the 22 drivers and a moderate link on CultureMonkey's scale (0.35 or more is moderate). It measures how closely the two move together across benchmark segments and does not prove that one causes the other.

What does the wellness driver measure in an employee engagement survey?

How well the organisation supports physical and mental wellbeing. That is how CultureMonkey defines Wellness, one of 22 engagement drivers scored from 0 to 10.

How does the wellness score differ between regions?

Across all 5 regions, APAC scores highest on Wellness at 8.00 and Europe lowest at 7.43.

How does the wellness score differ by company size?

SMB companies (100 to 499 employees) score highest on Wellness at 7.99, and micro companies (under 100 employees) lowest at 7.63.

How does the wellness score compare with other engagement drivers?

Wellness ranks 19th of 22 engagement drivers on score at 7.88, below Growth & Development (7.89) and above Work-Life Balance (7.66). On its link to eNPS it ranks 12th of 22.

What is the average wellness score?

Across CultureMonkey's 2026 benchmark, the average Wellness score is 7.88 out of 10, based on ~295,000 survey answers. It is the mean of company-level Wellness scores.

Get started

Back your wellness work with real benchmark evidence

Wellness scores 7.88 out of 10 across all companies, 19th of 22 on score. Compare your own Wellness score against the CultureMonkey Employee Engagement Benchmarks, built on Q3 2026 data, then turn the gaps into an action plan your managers can run.

Book a free, no-obligation product demo call with our experts.