Indeed Work Wellbeing Score

Work wellbeing as a competitive advantage

Greater employee wellbeing is tied to higher company valuation, higher return on assets, and greater profits. When employees thrive, businesses grow.

The Work Wellbeing Score, available for thousands of companies on Indeed, gives you data-driven insights to understand and improve the wellbeing of your workforce.

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Fueled by the world’s largest study of work wellbeing. 2025 Indeed.com Data, Based on number of survey responses globally

How people feel at work—and what drives it

Developed with Oxford University, the Work Wellbeing Score measures four key outcomes of employee wellbeing: happiness, purpose, satisfaction, and stress.

We also capture and display the drivers behind those outcomes, including accomplishment, appreciation, belonging, energy, fair pay, flexibility, inclusion and respect, learning, support and encouragement, trust, and effective management.

Take the first step in building a thriving workplace and share the survey with your workforce today.

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  • 96% of candidates seek wellbeing data when searching for a new job Indeed Work Wellbeing Report, based on a commissioned survey (n=1,605 CA adults), conducted by Forrester Consulting, 2025.
  • 84% of employees with high wellbeing plan to stay another year, compared to just 51% of those with lower wellbeing Indeed Work Wellbeing Report, based on a commissioned survey (n=1,605 CA adults), conducted by Forrester Consulting, 2025.
  • 1.5x People with high wellbeing achieve goals at work 1.5x more often than those with low wellbeing. Indeed Work Wellbeing Report, based on a commissioned survey (n=1,605 CA adults), conducted by Forrester Consulting, 2025.

“ Our research has shown that workplace wellbeing drives firm performance, helping organizations attract and retain talent longer as well as making workers better at what they do.”

Dr. Jan-Emmanuel De Neve, Professor of Economics and Director, Wellbeing Research Centre, University of Oxford University of Oxford

“ Research has shown that happiness is a cause of success: happier people receive more positive reviews, are more productive, creative, earn higher incomes, and are less likely to burn out or be absent from work. Happier people are also more likely to get and keep jobs.”

Dr. Sonja Lyubomirsky, Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Vice-Chair University of California, Riverside

“ “When we create space for inclusion, belonging, and wellbeing, we not only meet business needs—we build workplaces where people can thrive together.”

Jessica Hardeman, Global Head of Attraction & Engagement Indeed

Resources to dig deeper into work wellbeing

2025 Work Wellbeing Report: How Work Wellbeing Fuels Performance
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Work Wellbeing Score Employer Guide
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Work Wellbeing Playbook
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Recognized by Fast Company

A world-changing idea

As part of our ESG goals, Indeed is committed to measuring and understanding work wellbeing to benefit individuals, businesses, and society.

We’re proud to say that Fast Company has also recognized the impact our research can have.

We were recognized as a finalist by Fast Company for their 2021 World Changing Ideas award which salutes innovations that improve society and the planet.

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FAQs

Additional FAQs

It is a data set that provides insight into how people are feeling at work and why. Fueled by the largest study of work wellbeing and guided in partnership with experts in the field, the Work Wellbeing Score measures the key outcomes of work wellbeing – happiness, purpose, satisfaction, and stress.

The Work Wellbeing Score is available on an employer’s Indeed Company Page once there are at least 10 responses each for happiness, purpose, satisfaction, and stress for that company. When enough surveys are completed, the Work Wellbeing Score will automatically appear on the page.

The Work Wellbeing Score is a composite metric on Indeed that measures the key work wellbeing outcomes: happiness, purpose, satisfaction, and stress. The survey appears when an Indeed user goes to leave a company review for their employer. Respondents answer survey questions on a five-point scale, where 1=strongly disagree and 5=strongly agree. Points are assigned for each response on a scale ranging from 40 to 100.

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