WASHINGTON - Employees who find strong purpose in their work are dramatically more engaged, less burned out, and less likely to be job hunting than those who don’t, according to a new Gallup and Stand Together study.

Methodology:

Gallup and Stand Together conducted a nationally representative survey of 4,475 U.S. working adults from Aug. 18–25, 2025, to produce these findings.

The resulting study, "The Power of Purpose," introduces the Work Purpose Index—a three-item measure assessing how much employees believe their work contributes to something important, benefits others, and provides daily meaning. Employees are categorized as having strong, moderate, or low work purpose based on their scores.

By the numbers:

Employees who find strong purpose in their work report far better outco

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