{"id":7040783,"date":"2026-08-17T13:20:02","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T13:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/uncategorized\/what-is-a-good-employee-survey-participation-rate\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T13:20:02","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T13:20:02","slug":"what-is-a-good-employee-survey-participation-rate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7040783","title":{"rendered":"What is a &#8220;Good&#8221; Employee Survey Participation Rate?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top:15px;\">\n<p>If you run employee engagement surveys, you\u2019ve probably asked yourself: <em>is our participation rate actually good, or does it just feel good?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>TMA Performance analyzed participation rates across thousands of engagement survey campaigns run over the past four years. The overall average across all campaigns was <strong>78%<\/strong> and the top 10% of campaigns (\u201cBest in Class\u201d) hit <strong>86%<\/strong>. That 8-point gap is a useful target: it\u2019s roughly what separates a solid survey program from an exceptional one.<\/p>\n<p>But the more interesting story is in the breakdown by company size and industry, where participation rates swing from a low of 63% to a high of 91%. Here\u2019s what the data shows, and what it means for your own survey strategy.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>The Headline Numbers<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Highest industry:<\/strong> Hospitality \u2014 <strong>84%<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Lowest industry:<\/strong> Retail \u2014 <strong>69%<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Breakout By Company Size<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Company size turns out to be a surprisingly weak predictor of participation. All three tiers land within 2 points of each other. Small companies edge out the others slightly, which tracks with intuition: leadership visibility is higher, survey requests feel more personal, and there\u2019s less \u201csomeone else will fill it out\u201d diffusion of responsibility.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s more notable is that <strong>medium-sized companies are the weak spot<\/strong>, not large ones. This is often the \u201cawkward middle\u201d zone organizationally \u2014 big enough that leaders aren\u2019t personally asking every employee to participate, but not yet mature enough to have the dedicated internal communications infrastructure (intranet banners, manager cascades, HRBP follow-up) that large enterprises use to drive participation.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Breakout by Industry<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you run employee engagement surveys, you\u2019ve probably asked yourself: is our participation rate actually good, or does it just feel good? 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