Architecture & Planning July 2026
~595k
Questions answered
over 12 months- /
~25
Organizations
These insights represent ~595k questions answered from ~25 organizations, collected between July 2025 and June 2026.
The data meet our criteria as being robust and reliable; unlikely to substantially change over time; and representative of the wider industry.
Data provided by Culture Amp
Most represented industries in this benchmark
Architecture & Planning
Most represented regions in this benchmark
Oceania
40%
Northern America
25%
Europe
21%
Asia
11%
MEA
3%
Reported gender breakdown
Male
62%
Female
38%
Non-Binary
0.05%
Are employees committed to their organizations?
Engaged people are emotionally committed to their organization. These people stay at their organizations longer and are more productive and effective. Successful organizations have more engaged employees.
72% of Architecture and Planning employees are engaged
This is in the top 43% compared with other industries.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 19 and is in the top 34% compared with other industries.
How does Architecture and Planning compare?
People in Architecture & Planning were much more positive than average regarding Company Performance, Collaboration & Communication, and Enablement.
On the lower side, people in Architecture & Planning had much lower favorable scores than average in Action.
People working in Architecture & Planning are more engaged than Local Councils AU & NZ, Local Councils Australia, Higher Education, and Government Administration. People working in Architecture & Planning are less engaged than Health & Wellness and Engaging Growth.
The highest scoring question for Architecture & Planning had 89% of people agreeing that they are able to arrange time out from work when they need to (+3% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Work & Life Blend.
People in Architecture & Planning were generally least favourable about Action, and were most negative towards 'When it is clear that someone is not delivering in their role we do something about it' with 14% of people disagreeing (-3% below average).
Which questions matter the most?
Different things are important to different cultures. If you want to make more of your people engaged then you need to know what is important your people. These questions are most important to keeping people engaged in Architecture and Planning organizations.
1 The products and services %[Company]% provides are as good as, or better than, our main competitors | Company Performance |
2 Generally, the right people are rewarded and recognized at %[Company]% | Feedback & Recognition |
3 Generally, I believe my workload is reasonable for my role | Work & Life Blend |
How long do people stay?
In the short term, 19% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (+0% compared to overall) while on a longer time frame, 8% of people see themselves leaving within two years (-2% compared to overall).
Understanding Tenure distributions
Tenure describes how long an employee has worked for their company: we know through our research that newly hired employees tend to be more positive than their tenured counterparts. Positivity declines sharply before bottoming out between two to six years, then rises slightly for those that remain.
The tenure composition of a benchmark can influence overall scores.
Tenure distributions
Less than 3 months
2%
3 months to 6 months
4%
6 months to less than 1 year
9%
1 to less than 2 years
12%
2 to less than 4 years
25%
4 to less than 6 years
13%
6 to less than 10 years
16%
Greater than 10 years
19%
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