Manufacturing (100-200) January 2026
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
Renewables & Environment, Pharmaceuticals, Medical Devices, Consumer Goods, Food Production, Building Materials, Chemicals, Furniture, Industrial Automation, Machinery
Most represented regions in this benchmark
Northern America
51%
Oceania
28%
Europe
17%
Asia
3%
Reported gender breakdown
Male
61%
Female
39%
Non-Binary
0.08%
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 Manufacturing (100-200) employees are engaged
This is in the top 42% compared with other industries.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 24 and is in the top 14% compared with other industries.
How does Manufacturing (100-200) compare?
People in Manufacturing (100-200) were much more positive than average regarding Growth.
On the lower side, people in Manufacturing (100-200) had much lower favorable scores than average in Equity, Learning & Development, and Enablement.
People working in Manufacturing (100-200) are more engaged than Public Relations & Communications, Higher Education, Government Administration, and Government. People working in Manufacturing (100-200) are less engaged than Venture Capital & Private Equity and Engaging Growth.
The highest scoring question for Manufacturing (100-200) 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 Management.
People in Manufacturing (100-200) were generally least favourable about Equity, and were most negative towards 'When it is clear that someone is not delivering in their role we do something about it' with 20% of people disagreeing (+3% above average).
How long do people stay?
In the short term, 17% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (-3% 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
10%
1 to less than 2 years
20%
2 to less than 4 years
29%
4 to less than 6 years
11%
6 to less than 10 years
11%
Greater than 10 years
10%