Employees' positive perception of wellbeing U.S. 2021

As of the first quarter of 2021, employees' positive perception of their wellbeing had not recovered to pre-COVID-19 levels although ratings have increased slightly compared to July 2020. This statistic presents the percentage of U.S. employees who rated their wellbeing as positive pre-COVID-19 vs 10 months into COVID-19 from 2018 to 2021.

Percentage of U.S. employees who rated their wellbeing as positive pre-COVID-19 vs 10 months into COVID-19 from 2018 to 2021

Characteristic	2021	July 2020	Pre-COVID 2020	2019	2018
My overall wellbeing	40%	39%	49%	-	-
Mental and emotional wellbeing	39%	37%	46%	43%	49%
Social wellbeing	38%	33%	45%	34%	35%
Physical wellbeing	38%	38%	44%	42%	43%
Professional and career wellbeing	36%	34%	44%	39%	40%
Financial wellbeing	35%	35%	40%	34%	35%

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Release date

May 2021

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Region

United States

Survey time period

2018 to 2021

Number of respondents

2,501 respondents

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

Figures represent the percentage citing an 8, 9, or 10 on a 11-point scale where 0 = “Couldn’t be worse” and “10 = Couldn’t be better.”
*The 2020 study was conducted in the fourth quarter of 2019 therefore before COVID-19 pandemic.
The 2021 study was conducted in the first quarter of 2021 around 10 months after the start of the pandemic

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