Education (200-500) July 2026
~450k
Questions answered
over 12 months- /
~45
Organizations
These insights represent ~450k questions answered from ~45 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
Education Management, E-Learning, Primary/Secondary Education, Higher Education
Most represented regions in this benchmark
Northern America
41%
Oceania
37%
Europe
18%
Reported gender breakdown
Female
64%
Male
36%
Non-Binary
0.33%
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.
70% of Education (200-500) employees are engaged
This is in the top 46% compared with other industries.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 13 and is in the bottom 34% compared with other industries.
How does Education (200-500) compare?
People in Education (200-500) were much more positive than average regarding Social Connection, Inclusion, and Growth.
On the lower side, people in Education (200-500) had much lower favorable scores than average in Action, Feedback & Recognition, and Service & Quality Focus.
People working in Education (200-500) are more engaged than Local Councils AU & NZ, Local Councils Australia, Higher Education, and Government Administration. People working in Education (200-500) are less engaged than Legal Services, Renewables & Environment, Civil Engineering, and Investment Management.
The highest scoring question for Education (200-500) had 90% of people agreeing that they know how their work contributes to the goals of %[Company]% (+1% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Growth.
People in Education (200-500) 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 22% of people disagreeing (+5% above average).
How long do people stay?
In the short term, 20% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (+1% compared to overall) while on a longer time frame, 12% 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
8%
1 to less than 2 years
15%
2 to less than 4 years
26%
4 to less than 6 years
13%
6 to less than 10 years
14%
Greater than 10 years
15%