Australia > 5000 July 2026
~5.5m
Questions answered
over 12 months- /
~65
Organizations
These insights represent ~5.5m questions answered from ~65 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
Financial Services, Retail, Defense & Space, Higher Education, Hospital & Health Care, Mining & Metals, Nonprofit Organization Management, Airlines/Aviation, Computer & Network Security, Consumer Goods
Reported gender breakdown
Female
52%
Male
48%
Non-Binary
0.06%
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.
66% of Australia > 5000 employees are engaged
This is in the bottom 34% compared with other regions.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 6 and is in the bottom 36% compared with other regions.
How does Australia > 5000 compare?
People in Australia > 5000 were much more positive than average regarding Growth.
On the lower side, people in Australia > 5000 had much lower favorable scores than average in Equity, Action, and Feedback & Recognition.
People working in Australia > 5000 are less engaged than APAC, Eastern Europe, North America, and Middle East.
The highest scoring question for Australia > 5000 had 87% of people agreeing that they know what they need to do to be successful in their role (+0% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Growth.
People in Australia > 5000 were generally least favourable about Equity, 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 31% of people disagreeing (+8% above 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 Australia > 5000 organizations.
1 At %[Company]% we act on promising new or innovative ideas | Innovation |
2 The leaders at %[Company]% have communicated a vision that motivates me | Leadership |
3 We are encouraged to be innovative even though some of our initiatives may not succeed | Innovation |
How long do people stay?
In the short term, 22% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (+3% compared to overall) while on a longer time frame, 11% of people see themselves leaving within two years (+1% 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
3%
6 months to less than 1 year
8%
1 to less than 2 years
15%
2 to less than 4 years
25%
4 to less than 6 years
13%
6 to less than 10 years
12%
Greater than 10 years
21%