Workplace Stress - Facts

53 percent of American workers say work leaves them “overtired and overwhelmed”. (Source: Kronos, Inc.)

30 percent of workers say they are “always” or “often” under stress at work. (Source: National Opinion Research Center )

54 percent of workers often come home in a sense of fatigue. (Source: LLuminari® Landmark Study)

2 out of 5 workers experience distress due to too much pressure or mental fatigue at work. (Source: LLuminari® Landmark Study)

Workplace stress costs the nation more than $300 billion each year in health care, missed work and stress reduction efforts. (Source: American Institute of Stress)

Workers who report they are stressed incur health care costs that are 46 percent higher, or $600 more per person, than other employees. (Source: NIOSH)

1 out of 5 workers are at risk for stress related health problems. (Source: LLuminari® Landmark Study)

62 percent of American workers say their workload has increased over the last six months. (Source: Kronos, Inc.)

Workers in organizations that were in transition had higher than average levels of cholesterol, blood pressure, and other biochemical markers of heart disease risk. (Source: National Institute for Psychosocial Medicine)

Half of employees don't think their employer has an interest in their well-being. (Source: LLuminari® Landmark Study)

62 percent of workers don't think their employer tries to minimize unnecessary stress. (Source: LLuminari® Landmark Study)

1 in 5 stated that their work regularly interfered with their responsibilities at home and kept them from spending time with their family. (Source: LLuminari® Landmark Study)

In workplaces that underwent large-scale expansions, workers were 7 percent more likely to take sick leave of 90 days or more and 9 percent more likely to enter a hospital for some reason. (Source: National Institute for Psychosocial Medicine)