U.S. workers are healthier, but less financially secure, WTW research finds
WTW released findings from its 2026 Global Benefits Attitudes Survey, showing U.S. employees reporting better physical health (54% to 64% thriving) but falling financial security (46% to 36%), its lowest in seven years. The survey of 41,000 employees across 31 markets, including 6,000 in the U.S., finds mid-career workers in their 40s under the greatest strain, with 41% delaying or skipping doctor visits due to money worries.
Key figures
- Survey markets
- 31
- Us respondents
- 6000
- Survey respondents
- 41000
- High distress burnout
- 46%
- Low distress days lost
- 11.7
- Financially secure 2019
- 46%
- Financially secure 2026
- 36%
- High distress days lost
- 23.6
- Physically thriving 2019
- 54%
- Physically thriving 2026
- 64%
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