Architecture & Planning July 2025
Emerging
Benchmark status
We consider this an emerging benchmark: it has enough data available for us to use bootstrapping to create a representative sample. As the sample grows in size, some scores may slightly change. Our research has shown that our bootstrapped scores are consistent with our standard benchmarks. Read more about the methodology.
Data provided by Culture Amp
Most represented industries in this benchmark
Architecture & Planning
Most represented regions in this benchmark
Northern America
37%
Europe
25%
Oceania
23%
Asia
11%
MEA
4%
Reported gender breakdown
Male
60%
Female
40%
Non-Binary
0.15%
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.
73% of Architecture and Planning employees are engaged
This is in the top 41% compared with other industries.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 20 and is in the top 25% 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 Inclusion.
On the lower side, people in Architecture & Planning had much lower favorable scores than average in Voice.
People working in Architecture & Planning are more engaged than Government Administration, Higher Education, Government, and Media Production & Publication. People working in Architecture & Planning are less engaged than 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 'I believe my total compensation (base salary+any bonuses+benefits+equity) is fair, relative to similar roles at other companies' with 24% of people disagreeing (+1% above average).
How long do people stay?
In the short term, 19% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (-1% 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
3%
3 months to 6 months
5%
6 months to less than 1 year
9%
1 to less than 2 years
19%
2 to less than 4 years
26%
4 to less than 6 years
10%
6 to less than 10 years
14%
Greater than 10 years
13%