Workforce Analytics Benchmarks: 2023 Mid-Year Report

The Data Behind These Benchmarks

Every six months, we publish aggregated, anonymized benchmarks from our platform to help teams understand where they stand. This mid-year report draws on data from over 50,000 teams across 40 industries and 90 countries.

These benchmarks are presented as ranges rather than single numbers, because as we discussed in our benchmarking guide, single-number benchmarks invite toxic comparison. Healthy performance exists across a range that varies by role, industry, and team structure.

Focus Time Benchmarks

Average focus time ratio (all teams): 38% — meaning 38% of tracked work time is spent in uninterrupted blocks of 30+ minutes.

By role:

• Software engineering: 44% (range: 35-55%)
• Design: 41% (range: 32-52%)
• Marketing: 35% (range: 25-45%)
• Sales: 28% (range: 20-38%)
• Management: 22% (range: 15-32%)

AI impact: Teams with high AI adoption show 7% higher focus time ratios on average. AI tools compress task time, creating more room for uninterrupted work blocks.

Collaboration and Meeting Benchmarks

Average meeting time per week: 11.4 hours for individual contributors, 18.7 hours for managers.

Meeting efficiency trends:

• Average meeting duration has decreased from 52 minutes in 2022 to 47 minutes in 2023
• One-on-one meetings average 28 minutes (down from 32)
• Teams using AI meeting summaries have 15% fewer follow-up meetings

Collaboration balance (sync vs. async):

• Healthy range: 40-60% of collaboration through async channels
• Current average: 48% async (improving from 42% in 2022)
• Remote teams: 56% async — significantly higher than hybrid (44%) or in-office (31%) teams

Wellbeing and Sustainability Benchmarks

After-hours work: 23% of employees show regular after-hours activity (down from 28% in 2022). The decline is encouraging but the level remains concerning.

Weekend work: 14% of employees show regular weekend activity. This has not improved since 2022.

Burnout risk indicators: Our predictive model flags 18% of employees as elevated burnout risk at any given time. This is consistent across quarters, suggesting burnout is structural rather than seasonal.

Recovery patterns: Employees who take at least one full disconnected day per week show 23% higher sustained productivity than those who do not. The data overwhelmingly supports protecting recovery time.

These benchmarks are available in Teambridg's benchmarking module, where you can compare your team against industry-specific and role-specific ranges. Use them as context for improvement, not as scorecards. The goal is progress, not perfection.