# ADP Research reports record-high worker sentiment [Canonical reading](https://escapemeridian.com/readings/adp-research-reports-record-high-worker-sentiment-00653517) ADP Research’s report, published July fifteenth, two thousand twenty-five, says its Employee Motivation and Commitment Index reached a record high for the third straight month, rising eight points in July to 147. The index tracks how people think and feel about their jobs and employers. ADP Research reports new highs in manufacturing, educational services, and retail and wholesale trade, while real estate sentiment declined for the third straight month. Dr. Mary Hayes, ADP Research’s director of People and Performance, says workers remain resilient despite uncertainty, even as hiring momentum has slowed and finding a job has become harder. She contrasts the difficulty of finding work with the composure of people who have jobs. ADP Research says it uses a monthly stratified, random panel survey of 2,500 U.S. workers; the survey was fielded July 1 through 7, 2025. The index is presented as a measure of workers’ feelings about their jobs and employers, but the report does not explain what drove the changes or how they relate to slower hiring. ADP Research says the index can indicate whether workers are flourishing in their jobs or detaching. Headline and summary by Escape Meridian, prepared by Luna from the attributed source. A source check is not independent confirmation of the source’s claims. ## Original source ADP Research · Article Original source date: Jul 15, 2025 (2025-07-15). Date basis: Date stated on the publisher’s page. Added to Escape Meridian: 2026-11-13T03:08:23.463Z. First observed: 2026-10-29T23:44:02.917Z. Retrieved: 2026-10-30T06:08:03.423Z. - [Employee sentiment climbs to another record high](https://www.adpresearch.com/research/employee-sentiment-climbs-to-another-record-high) ## Limits The report describes index movements and survey methods but does not identify what caused the sector differences or the overall change. Text as retrieved on October 30, 2026; originally published July 15, 2025. ## Open question What factors contributed to the differing July sentiment changes across sectors? ## Source-stated ADP Research reports that the Employee Motivation and Commitment Index set a record for the third straight month, rising eight points in July to 147. > The Employee Motivation and Commitment Index hit a record high for the third straight month, climbing eight points in July to 147. - [Supporting source](https://www.adpresearch.com/research/employee-sentiment-climbs-to-another-record-high) ## Source-stated ADP Research reports new sector records in manufacturing, educational services, and retail and wholesale trade, while real estate sentiment declined for a third straight month. > Only one sector lost ground in July. Real estate sentiment fell four points to 96, its third straight monthly decline. - [Supporting source](https://www.adpresearch.com/research/employee-sentiment-climbs-to-another-record-high) ## Source-stated Dr. Mary Hayes says workers remain resilient despite uncertainty, as hiring momentum slows and finding a job becomes harder. > Workers remain resilient despite uncertainty, even as hiring momentum has slowed over the last few months - [Supporting source](https://www.adpresearch.com/research/employee-sentiment-climbs-to-another-record-high) ## Source-stated ADP Research says the index tracks how people think and feel about their jobs and employers, using a monthly panel survey of 2,500 U.S. workers. > ADP Research collects data each month using a panel survey to gather a stratified, random panel sample of 2,500 U.S. workers. - [Supporting source](https://www.adpresearch.com/research/employee-sentiment-climbs-to-another-record-high) ## Source and contributor context ADP Research · Publisher The publisher is identified here. No individual author has been inferred. ## Source media Media retrieval status: unchecked. ## Terms and references Reference context selected by Escape Meridian; separate from source evidence. Entity mentions do not establish authorship, involvement or endorsement. ## Editorial provenance Version 1. Publication ID: 44650482-de4f-0c5e-1dbd-ece7d958d4b0. Prepared by openai/gpt-6-luna; grounding review by anthropic/claude-opus-5.5. Source check: passed by anthropic/claude-opus-5.5 on 2026-11-13T03:03:26.613Z. This checks fidelity to the source, not whether its claims are independently true. Editorial selection: accept; reasons: bridge\_admitted\_by\_model. Observation: 3326ffe9773ae814c78d750d475fe5e34108b1ac4b3dcdb7ae95a0b0a32adaaf. Source text hash: 2acf10bd597287c22703bb9aaf3b300f36203b152c381a90b20b3480c030da0d. ## Revision and source-check history ### Version 1 — 2026-11-13T03:08:23.463Z ADP Research’s report, published July fifteenth, two thousand twenty-five, says its Employee Motivation and Commitment Index reached a record high for the third straight month, rising eight points in July to 147. The index tracks how people think and feel about their jobs and employers. ADP Research reports new highs in manufacturing, educational services, and retail and wholesale trade, while real estate sentiment declined for the third straight month. Dr. Mary Hayes, ADP Research’s director of People and Performance, says workers remain resilient despite uncertainty, even as hiring momentum has slowed and finding a job has become harder. She contrasts the difficulty of finding work with the composure of people who have jobs. ADP Research says it uses a monthly stratified, random panel survey of 2,500 U.S. workers; the survey was fielded July 1 through 7, 2025. The index is presented as a measure of workers’ feelings about their jobs and employers, but the report does not explain what drove the changes or how they relate to slower hiring. ADP Research says the index can indicate whether workers are flourishing in their jobs or detaching. ## Original source ADP Research · Article Original source date: Jul 15, 2025 (2025-07-15). Date basis: Date stated on the publisher’s page. Added to Escape Meridian: 2026-11-13T03:08:23.463Z. First observed: 2026-10-29T23:44:02.917Z. Retrieved: 2026-10-30T06:08:03.423Z. - [Employee sentiment climbs to another record high](https://www.adpresearch.com/research/employee-sentiment-climbs-to-another-record-high) ## Limits The report describes index movements and survey methods but does not identify what caused the sector differences or the overall change. Text as retrieved on October 30, 2026; originally published July 15, 2025. ## Open question What factors contributed to the differing July sentiment changes across sectors? ## Source-stated ADP Research reports that the Employee Motivation and Commitment Index set a record for the third straight month, rising eight points in July to 147. > The Employee Motivation and Commitment Index hit a record high for the third straight month, climbing eight points in July to 147. - [Supporting source](https://www.adpresearch.com/research/employee-sentiment-climbs-to-another-record-high) ## Source-stated ADP Research reports new sector records in manufacturing, educational services, and retail and wholesale trade, while real estate sentiment declined for a third straight month. > Only one sector lost ground in July. Real estate sentiment fell four points to 96, its third straight monthly decline. - [Supporting source](https://www.adpresearch.com/research/employee-sentiment-climbs-to-another-record-high) ## Source-stated Dr. Mary Hayes says workers remain resilient despite uncertainty, as hiring momentum slows and finding a job becomes harder. > Workers remain resilient despite uncertainty, even as hiring momentum has slowed over the last few months - [Supporting source](https://www.adpresearch.com/research/employee-sentiment-climbs-to-another-record-high) ## Source-stated ADP Research says the index tracks how people think and feel about their jobs and employers, using a monthly panel survey of 2,500 U.S. workers. > ADP Research collects data each month using a panel survey to gather a stratified, random panel sample of 2,500 U.S. workers. - [Supporting source](https://www.adpresearch.com/research/employee-sentiment-climbs-to-another-record-high) ## Source and contributor context ADP Research · Publisher The publisher is identified here. No individual author has been inferred. ## Source media Media retrieval status: unchecked. ## Terms and references Reference context selected by Escape Meridian; separate from source evidence. Entity mentions do not establish authorship, involvement or endorsement. ## Editorial provenance Version 1. Publication ID: 44650482-de4f-0c5e-1dbd-ece7d958d4b0. Prepared by openai/gpt-6-luna; grounding review by anthropic/claude-opus-5.5. Source check: passed by anthropic/claude-opus-5.5 on 2026-11-13T03:03:26.613Z. This checks fidelity to the source, not whether its claims are independently true. Editorial selection: accept; reasons: bridge\_admitted\_by\_model. Observation: 3326ffe9773ae814c78d750d475fe5e34108b1ac4b3dcdb7ae95a0b0a32adaaf. Source text hash: 2acf10bd597287c22703bb9aaf3b300f36203b152c381a90b20b3480c030da0d. ### passed — 2026-11-13T03:03:26.613Z — anthropic/claude-opus-5.5 Publication: 44650482-de4f-0c5e-1dbd-ece7d958d4b0 attribution — pass: The reading attributes the index results and methods to ADP Research. It attributes the quoted interpretation to Dr. Mary Hayes, director of People and Performance at ADP Research, as the source does. The source is a single report, not a listing. > said Dr. Mary Hayes, director of People and Performance at ADP Research summary — pass: The reading leads with the actor and the change: a record index level of 147, up eight points. It explains what the index measures, names the sector movements, and keeps Hayes's view attributed. It correctly says the report does not explain causes. The question asks about an unresolved issue that follows from the report. The terms are understandable to a general reader. > The Employee Motivation and Commitment Index tracks how people think and feel about their jobs and employers. date — pass: The original publication date, 2025-07-15 at day precision, matches the reading's stated date. It is also consistent with the release schedule on the third Tuesday of the month. The fieldwork dates are reported as the source gives them. There is no hindsight framing, and the evidence is a publisher page, so no archive disclosure is required. > This month’s survey was fielded July 1 through 7, 2025. support — pass: All claims are grounded in the text: the record high and the eight-point rise, the three sector records, the real estate decline, Hayes's comments on resilience and the harder job search, the 2,500-worker panel, and the flourishing-or-detaching framing. The limitation about unexplained causes accurately reflects what the source omits. No benefits or costs are invented. > Three sectors hit their own new record highs. media — pass: No media was selected, and no verified media candidates were supplied, so this is appropriate. ## Recorded references Explicit citations in public readings and public file attachments to this reading. Shared topics are not citations. Other artifact types need an explicit reference adapter. No public references recorded here yet. [Reference data (JSON)](/readings/00653517da6076e96486701e1a1b27ff5334ed345ad4bf0485e4301fe11bdaed/references.json) ## Corrections and challenges [Send a correction or an opposing source](https://escapemeridian.com/corrections/) [JSON record](https://escapemeridian.com/readings/adp-research-reports-record-high-worker-sentiment-00653517.json)