Americans feel much higher levels of anxiety heading into the workweek than those in other parts of the world, according to a recently released Monster.com poll. The global poll found 76% of respondents in the US reported having “really bad” Sunday night blues. This differs greatly from the rest of the world, where only 45% reported experiencing “really bad” Sunday night blues.

Despite positive economic news, there has been no significant change in either the US or the rest of the world for those experiencing the Sunday night blues since 2013, when 73% of US respondents had “really bad” Sunday night blues and 47% from the rest of the world felt that way at the time.

“The level of anxiety Americans feel heading into the workweek remains significantly high and is counterproductive,” said Monster Career Expert Vicki Salemi. “While this could be due to residual stress of the economic downturn or the pressure of doing more with less in the workplace, there’s always an opportunity for people to identify and proactively address the things about their jobs that make them unhappy.”

Visitors to the Monster.com site were asked, “Are your ‘Sunday Night Blues’ bad enough to make you want a new job?” Key results from the latest poll, excluding the 20% of respondents who do not have Sunday blues, include:

• 62% of global respondents who have the Sunday night blues report they are “really bad”
• 76% of US respondents who have the Sunday night blues report they are “really bad”
• 42% of EU respondents who have the Sunday night blues report they are “really bad”

The poll was conducted from March 30 to April 14, 2015 and received more than 2,200 responses.