--- description: One in five young workers have been depressed, according to the survey. title: Study shows millennials are the most depressed workers image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7196d5201ddb035b/6987eacce53abafcf64db49d/500782613-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=1080&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Depression](/tag/depression/) ## Depression Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # These are the Most Depressed Workers by [Benjamin Snyder/Fortune](/author/benjamin-snyderfortune/) ## Benjamin Snyder/Fortune Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 21, 2015 8:21 PM CUT  Caucasian businessman working late in office Caucasian businessman working late in officeGetty Images by [Benjamin Snyder/Fortune](/author/benjamin-snyderfortune/) ## Benjamin Snyder/Fortune Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 21, 2015 8:21 PM CUT One in five millennials said they have been depressed on the job, the most of any age group, a new survey found. That’s compared with 16% of Baby Boomers and 16% of Gen Xers, according to [Mashable](http://mashable.com/2015/05/21/millennials-depression-work/?utm%5Fcampaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm%5Fcid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm%5Fmedium=feed&utm%5Fsource=feedly "undefined"). Bensinger, DuPont & Associates, a firm that provides employee drug testing and assistance for problems like gambling, published the [survey](http://www.bensingerdupont.com/depression-and-work-download "undefined"), _Depression and Work: The Impact of Depression on Different Generations of Employees,_ to coincide with National Mental Health Awareness Month. The study said that depressed employees are more likely to function poorly at work. There was no word on why millennials, born from 1978 to 1999, are more depressed than other groups. Baby boomers were born between 1946 and 1964 while Gen Xers were from 1965 to 1977. The article continued: --- > “” --- “While major depression affects 10% of \[American employees\], an overwhelming [75% of people](http://www2.nami.org/Template.cfm?Section=About%5Fthe%5FIssue&Template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=114538 "undefined") with depression don’t receive formal treatment,” Marie Apke, chief operating officer for Bensinger, DuPont & Associates, said in a statement. “Depression costs the economy more than $23 billion annually due to absenteeism. While recent public health initiatives continue to enhance and expand our understanding of the social and economic costs of depression, [](undefined "undefined")it’s clear more work is needed to combat depression in the workplace.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3893149/depressed-workers-study/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3893149/depressed-workers-study/"},"headline":"These are the Most Depressed Workers","datePublished":"2015-05-21T20:21:55.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T07:33:01.886Z","description":"One in five young workers have been depressed, according to the survey.","url":"https://time.com/3893149/depressed-workers-study/","keywords":["Depression","Millennials","Mental Health","Careers","Workplace","Baby Boomers"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7196d5201ddb035b/6987eacce53abafcf64db49d/500782613-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Benjamin Snyder/Fortune","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/benjamin-snyderfortune/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7196d5201ddb035b/6987eacce53abafcf64db49d/500782613-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"businessman-working-late-office","caption":"businessman-working-late-office","creditText":"Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/depression/","name":"Depression"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3893149/depressed-workers-study/","name":"These are the Most Depressed Workers"}}]}] ```