10 Key Call Center Statistics | 2017 Benchmark

The results of MetricNet’s 2017 United States In-House Customer Service Call Center Benchmark are in! The data includes 8 categories of metrics and 41 Key Performance Indicators. In this article, we will highlight 10 key statistics that all Customer Service Call Center professionals should be aware of.

Call Center Inbound Channel Mix:

The average Voice % of Total Contacts for US In-House Customer Service Call Centers is 67.3% Tweet this stat

Call Center Cost:

The average Cost per Chat Session for US In-house Customer Service Call Centers is $7.85   Tweet this stat

Call Center Handle Time:

Web/Email Handle Time (minutes) was as high as 17.42 in our US In-house Customer Service Call Center benchmark Tweet this stat

Call Center Voice Quality:

The average Call Quality for US In-house Customer Service Call Centers is 87% Tweet this stat

Net First Contact Resolution Rate was as low as 39.5% in our US In-House Customer Service Call Center Benchmark Tweet this stat

Call Center Voice Productivity:

The average Voice Agent Utilization for US In-house Customer Service Call Centers is 49.2% Tweet this stat

Call Center Voice SLA:

Call Abandonment Rate was as high as 27.2% in our US In-House Customer Service Call Center Benchmark Tweet this stat

Call Center Agent: 

The average Daily Agent Absenteeism for US In-House Customer Service Call Centers is 8.3% Tweet this stat

New Agent Training Hours was as high as 274 in our US In-House Customer Service Call Center research Tweet this stat

Call Center Chat: 

The average % of Contacts Resolved in Chat for US In-house Customer Service call Centers is 2.6% Tweet this stat

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