Manufacturing Australia July 2026
~740k
Questions answered
over 12 months- /
~150
Organizations
These insights represent ~740k questions answered from ~150 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
Food Production, Renewables & Environment, Machinery, Consumer Goods, Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing, Building Materials, Medical Devices, Pharmaceuticals, Defense & Space, Furniture
Reported gender breakdown
Male
67%
Female
33%
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.
69% of Manufacturing Australia employees are engaged
This is in the top 49% compared with the overall average.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 13 and is in the bottom 45% compared with the overall average.
How does Manufacturing Australia compare?
People in Manufacturing Australia were much more positive than average regarding Voice, Growth, and Support Resources.
On the lower side, people in Manufacturing Australia had much lower favorable scores than average in Equity, Feedback & Recognition, and Collaboration & Communication.
People working in Manufacturing Australia are more engaged than Management Consulting United Kingdom, Management Consulting Europe, Information Technology & Services Germany, and Consulting & Staffing United Kingdom. People working in Manufacturing Australia are less engaged than Real Estate, Pharmaceuticals United States, Banking, and Middle East 1000+.
The highest scoring question for Manufacturing Australia had 89% of people agreeing that they know how their work contributes to the goals of %[Company]% (+0% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Management.
People in Manufacturing Australia 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 18% of people disagreeing (+2% 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 Manufacturing Australia organizations.
1 The leaders at %[Company]% demonstrate that people are important to the company's success | Leadership |
2 The leaders at %[Company]% have communicated a vision that motivates me | Leadership |
3 I have confidence in the leaders at %[Company]% | Leadership |
How long do people stay?
In the short term, 19% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (+0% compared to overall) while on a longer time frame, 10% of people see themselves leaving within two years (+0% 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
4%
6 months to less than 1 year
8%
1 to less than 2 years
14%
2 to less than 4 years
23%
4 to less than 6 years
11%
6 to less than 10 years
14%
Greater than 10 years
24%
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