Construction & Heavy Industry (0-100) 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
Construction, Renewables & Environment, Civil Engineering, Industrial Automation, Mechanical or Industrial Engineering, Utilities, Automotive, Environmental Services, Oil & Energy, Building Materials
Most represented regions in this benchmark
Northern America
44%
Oceania
35%
Europe
17%
Asia
3%
Reported gender breakdown
Male
69%
Female
31%
Non-Binary
0.13%
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.
75% of Construction and Heavy Industry (0-100) employees are engaged
This is in the top 39% compared with other industries.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 27 and is in the top 3% compared with other industries.
How does Construction and Heavy Industry (0-100) compare?
People in Construction & Heavy Industry (0-100) were much more positive than average regarding Feedback & Recognition, Service & Quality Focus, and Company Performance.
People working in Construction & Heavy Industry (0-100) are more engaged than Government Administration, Higher Education, Government, and Media Production & Publication. People working in Construction & Heavy Industry (0-100) are less engaged than Engaging Growth.
The highest scoring question for Construction & Heavy Industry (0-100) had 92% of people agreeing that they know how their work contributes to the goals of %[Company]% (+3% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Work & Life Blend.
People in Construction & Heavy Industry (0-100) were generally least favourable about Action, and were most negative towards 'I have seen positive changes taking place based on recent employee survey results' with 10% of people disagreeing (-3% below average).
How long do people stay?
In the short term, 15% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (-5% 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
5%
3 months to 6 months
6%
6 months to less than 1 year
10%
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
11%
Greater than 10 years
12%