25% of employees think they have excellent work-life balance

25% of employees think they have excellent work-life balance25% of employees think they have excellent work-life balancePrior research has found that 38% of working parents say theyve missed a childs major event over the past year, but separate data shows that a slice of American workers think theyre doing very well at having a life outside of the office.New research from global staffing firm Robert Half shows that 25% of employees think they have excellent work-life balance. One survey also showed thatfound that 26% of business leaders said that accessing work-life balance mostly falls on the worker.Independent research firms polled mora than 2,800 workers in 28 U.S. markets and more than 5,500 U.S. leaders across a variety of professional fields. Robert Half came up with the surveys.These cities are the greatest for work-life balanceHeres what the infographic shows, according to more than 2,800 American employeesSan FranciscoLos AngelesChicagoHoustonMiamiNew YorkAnother survey show ed that 39% of workers think its up to their employer to help them reach this goal.These states are the worst for work-life balanceHeres how more than 2,800 American employees weighed in, according to the infographic.San DiegoDenverNashvilleAtlantaCincinnatiRaleighPaul McDonald, senior executive director for Robert Half, commented on the research in a statement.When employees can enjoy their personal lives alongside work responsibilities, they are happier and less stressed and bring their best efforts to the job, he said.The quality of Americans work-life balanceEven though 25% of professionals said they had excellent work-life balance, 29% were men and 23% were women. Those in the 18-34 age group were the most likely to agree, at 33%.While 49% of them said they had good work-life balance, 49% were women and 49% were men. Fifty-two percent of those in the age 35-54 category said theirs was good, the highest percentage of any age group.Just 22% overall said that theirs was fair. But on the opposite end of the spectrum, a slim 3% described their work-life balance as poor.Robert Half notedon the infographic that because of rounding, some responses dont add up to 100%.