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2026 State of the Workplace Report

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What data from 5,600+ organizations reveals about productivity, performance and the potential for $11.2M in lost value


What if you only get 87% of the work you pay for? For many organizations, that’s not a hypothetical. For every 1,000 employees, most companies miss out on the productivity equivalent of 130 workers — $11.2M in yearly lost value.


Most leaders don’t even know it’s happening.


ActivTrak analyzed data from 304,083 employees across 5,619 organizations to uncover:

  • The true cost of underperforming teams
  • Where hidden productivity gaps exist
  • Which industries perform best — and worst

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