Tech: Manufacturing & Research North America July 2025
~775k
Questions answered
over 12 months- /
~50
Organizations
These insights represent ~775k questions answered from ~50 organizations, collected between July 2024 and June 2025.
The data meet our criteria as being robust and reliable; unlikely to substantially change over time; and representative of the wider industry. Read more about the methodology.
Data provided by Culture Amp
Most represented industries in this benchmark
Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing, Computer Hardware, Printing, Semiconductors
Reported gender breakdown
Male
71%
Female
29%
Non-Binary
0.04%
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 Tech: Manufacturing and Research North America employees are engaged
This is in the top 41% compared with the overall average.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 20 and is in the top 25% compared with the overall average.
How does Tech: Manufacturing and Research North America compare?
People in Tech: Manufacturing & Research North America were much more positive than average regarding Action, Feedback & Recognition, and Service & Quality Focus.
People working in Tech: Manufacturing & Research North America are more engaged than Nonprofit Organization Management Europe, Hungary, Germany (200-500), and Turkey 1000+. People working in Tech: Manufacturing & Research North America are less engaged than Manufacturing Asia, Finance India, Latin America (1000-5000), and India (1000-5000).
The highest scoring question for Tech: Manufacturing & Research North America had 93% of people agreeing that We are genuinely supported if they choose to make use of flexible working arrangements (+9% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Work & Life Blend.
People in Tech: Manufacturing & Research North America were generally least favourable about Action, and were most negative towards 'I believe my total compensation (base salary+any bonuses+benefits+equity) is fair, relative to similar roles at other companies' with 22% of people disagreeing (-1% below 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 Tech: Manufacturing and Research North America organizations.
1 I have confidence in the leaders at %[Company]% | Leadership |
2 I believe action will take place as a result of this survey | Action |
3 The leaders at %[Company]% have communicated a vision that motivates me | Leadership |
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, 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
3%
3 months to 6 months
4%
6 months to less than 1 year
6%
1 to less than 2 years
16%
2 to less than 4 years
30%
4 to less than 6 years
12%
6 to less than 10 years
15%
Greater than 10 years
15%