Construction & Heavy Industry (0-100) July 2026
~195k
Questions answered
over 12 months- /
~80
Organizations
These insights represent ~195k questions answered from ~80 organizations, collected between July 2025 and June 2026.
To ensure accuracy and stability of Emerging benchmarks we may use statistical sampling methods. Read more about the methodology.
Data provided by Culture Amp
Most represented industries in this benchmark
Renewables & Environment, Civil Engineering, Environmental Services, Construction, Machinery, Utilities, Mining & Metals, Automotive, Oil & Energy, Industrial Automation
Most represented regions in this benchmark
Oceania
38%
Northern America
31%
Europe
20%
MEA
6%
Asia
3%
Reported gender breakdown
Male
63%
Female
37%
Non-Binary
0.02%
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 40% compared with other industries.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 25 and is in the top 11% 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 Action, Equity, and Service & Quality Focus.
People working in Construction & Heavy Industry (0-100) are more engaged than Local Councils AU & NZ, Local Councils Australia, Higher Education, and Government Administration. 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 91% of people agreeing that they feel respected at %[Company]% (+10% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Inclusion.
People in Construction & Heavy Industry (0-100) 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).
How long do people stay?
In the short term, 17% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (-2% compared to overall) while on a longer time frame, 6% of people see themselves leaving within two years (-4% 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
4%
3 months to 6 months
5%
6 months to less than 1 year
11%
1 to less than 2 years
18%
2 to less than 4 years
28%
4 to less than 6 years
11%
6 to less than 10 years
11%
Greater than 10 years
11%
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