Workplace stress statistics.
A sourced snapshot of stress, engagement, and mental health at work. Last updated August 20, 2026.
The workday is carrying a lot.
Work can give people structure, connection, and purpose. It can also pile on too much noise, pressure, and uncertainty. These figures do not diagnose anyone or explain every workplace. They put reliable numbers around a feeling plenty of people already know: work can be a lot.
50%
of U.S. employees experienced a lot of stress the previous day.
This is Gallup's three-year rolling average ending in 2025, reported in its April 2026 country data release.
Source: Gallup, State of the Global Workplace, April 2026 ↗32%
of U.S. employees were engaged at work.
Gallup's three-year rolling average ending in 2025 also found 51% were not engaged and 17% were actively disengaged.
Source: Gallup, State of the Global Workplace, April 2026 ↗77%
of workers said they experienced work-related stress in the previous month.
The American Psychological Association reported this result in its 2023 Work in America survey.
Source: American Psychological Association, Work in America Survey, 2023 ↗22%
of workers said their workplace had harmed their mental health.
This result comes from the American Psychological Association's 2023 survey of U.S. workers.
Source: American Psychological Association, July 2023 ↗19%
of workers described their workplace as very or somewhat toxic.
The American Psychological Association reported this finding from its 2023 Work in America survey.
Source: American Psychological Association, July 2023 ↗15%
of working-age adults were estimated to have a mental disorder in 2019.
The World Health Organization includes this global estimate in its workplace mental health fact sheet.
Source: World Health Organization, Mental Health at Work, September 2024 ↗12B
working days are lost globally each year to depression and anxiety.
The World Health Organization reports this annual estimate as part of its mental health at work guidance.
Source: World Health Organization, Mental Health at Work, September 2024 ↗$1T
is the estimated annual global cost of lost productivity from depression and anxiety.
This is the World Health Organization's global annual estimate, not a U.S.-only total.
Source: World Health Organization, Mental Health at Work, September 2024 ↗Useful context, not a shortcut.
Some figures here are U.S.-specific and others are global. They also measure different things: a recent day of stress, a recent month of work stress, workplace harm, engagement, or broad health estimates. The date and context under each number matter.
For practical, non-clinical ways to lower the volume when work becomes too much, read Overstimulation at Work: 7 Ways to Reset.
Where these numbers came from.
This page only uses figures published by Gallup, the American Psychological Association, and the World Health Organization. Each statistic links to its original source, with the publication date and scope included beside it. We will refresh the page when a primary source releases a newer, comparable figure.
- Gallup, State of the Global Workplace: United States Country-Level Data, April 2026
- American Psychological Association, 2023 Work in America Survey
- American Psychological Association, workplace mental health survey findings, July 2023
- World Health Organization, Mental Health at Work, September 2024
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