Professional Services Canada 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
Financial Services, Management Consulting, Information Services, Insurance, Real Estate, Architecture & Planning, Investment Management, Professional Training & Coaching, Banking, Commercial Real Estate
Reported gender breakdown
Male
54%
Female
46%
Non-Binary
0.1%
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.
71% of Professional Services Canada employees are engaged
This is in the top 43% compared with the overall average.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 16 and is in the top 43% compared with the overall average.
How does Professional Services Canada compare?
People in Professional Services Canada were much more positive than average regarding Feedback & Recognition and Growth.
On the lower side, people in Professional Services Canada had much lower favorable scores than average in Equity, Voice, and Contribution To Broader Purpose.
People working in Professional Services Canada are more engaged than Nonprofit Organization Management United Kingdom, Creative & Media Central Europe, Manufacturing Japan, and Computer Software Benelux. People working in Professional Services Canada are less engaged than Professional Services Southeast Asia, East Asia (200-500), Civil Engineering, and Professional Services North America.
The highest scoring question for Professional Services Canada had 90% 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 Contribution to Broader Purpose.
People in Professional Services Canada were generally least favourable about Equity, and were most negative towards 'I believe that my total compensation is fair, relative to similar roles at %[Company]%' with 24% of people disagreeing (+5% above average).
How long do people stay?
In the short term, 16% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (-4% compared to overall) while on a longer time frame, 7% of people see themselves leaving within two years (-3% 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
1%
3 months to 6 months
4%
6 months to less than 1 year
6%
1 to less than 2 years
14%
2 to less than 4 years
29%
4 to less than 6 years
15%
6 to less than 10 years
14%
Greater than 10 years
17%