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Employee engagement: say, stay, strive

Highlights of the ATO's 2025 employee census results on employee engagement: say, stay, strive.

Published 21 November 2025

ATO employee engagement index score

Your employee engagement index score is 76. Variance from:

  • 2024 is +1
  • the APS overall is +1
  • larger operational agencies is +1
  • extra-large sized agencies is  +1.

How engaged is your team?

Employee engagement is more than simply job satisfaction or commitment to an organisation. It is the extent to which employees are motivated, inspired and enabled to improve an organisation's outcomes.

Overall results on employee engagement

Statement

Positive

Neutral

Negative

Overall, I am satisfied with my job

79%

13%

8%

I am proud to work in my agency

84%

13%

3%

I would recommend my agency as a good place to work

86%

10%

4%

I believe strongly in the purpose and objectives of my agency

89%

9%

2%

I feel a strong personal attachment to my agency

69%

24%

8%

I feel committed to my agency's goals

89%

9%

2%

I suggest ideas to improve our way of doing things

85%

12%

3%

I am happy to go the 'extra mile' at work when required

90%

7%

3%

I work beyond what is required in my job to help my agency achieve its objectives

78%

19%

3%

My agency really inspires me to do my best work every day

70%

22%

8%

Employee engagement results variance 1

Statement

Variance from 2024

Variance from APS overall

Overall, I am satisfied with my job

+1

+2

I am proud to work in my agency

+2

+2

I would recommend my agency as a good place to work

+3

+9

I believe strongly in the purpose and objectives of my agency

+2

+1

I feel a strong personal attachment to my agency

+1

+4

I feel committed to my agency's goals

+2

+1

I suggest ideas to improve our way of doing things

0

−1

I am happy to go the 'extra mile' at work when required

−1

−1

I work beyond what is required in my job to help my agency achieve its objectives

−2

0

My agency really inspires me to do my best work every day

+5

+4

Employee engagement result variance 2

Statement

Variance from larger operational agencies

Variance from extra-large sized agencies

Overall, I am satisfied with my job

+3

+3

I am proud to work in my agency

+4

+4

I would recommend my agency as a good place to work

+10

+10

I believe strongly in the purpose and objectives of my agency

+2

+2

I feel a strong personal attachment to my agency

+3

+3

I feel committed to my agency's goals

+1

+1

I suggest ideas to improve our way of doing things

+1

+1

I am happy to go the 'extra mile' at work when required

0

0

I work beyond what is required in my job to help my agency achieve its objectives

−1

−1

My agency really inspires me to do my best work every day

+4

+4

 

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