B
Evidence Grade B
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46%
46% -- new hire failure rate for US employers (2026)
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Value
46%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
Entity
Geography
US
Evidence Quality
B
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Score breakdown
Extraction
50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Leadership IQ
Primary
Tier C
https://www.balboacapital.com/blog/hiring-summer-interns/ ↗
Source Article
5 Benefits of Hiring Summer Interns
Original Research
Leadership IQ
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Methodology
Study by Leadership IQ, cited secondhand by Balboa Capital
Methodology documented
Segmentation
Industrymarketing
Company SizeAll sizes
RegionUS
Channelcontent
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US employers: 46% new hire failure rate. Source: Leadership IQ (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/us-hires-failure-18-months
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/us-hires-failure-18-months" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>46%</strong> -- new hire failure rate for US employers<br><small>Source: Leadership IQ (2026) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/us-hires-failure-18-months" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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