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BBC STUDIOS DISTRIBUTION LIMITED

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Gender pay gap

In the 2025/26 reporting year, women's median hourly pay here was 10.7% lower than men's (1000 to 4999 employees).

That puts it around the middle of the pack for pay parity — closer to an equal median than 45% of the 9,673 employers who reported for 2025/26. See the pay gap league table.

Within motion picture, video and television programme production, sound recording and music publishing it is around the middle of the pack of 48 sector employers who reported.

-20.0% to -17.5%: 121 employers -17.5% to -15.0%: 40 employers -15.0% to -12.5%: 53 employers -12.5% to -10.0%: 82 employers -10.0% to -7.5%: 95 employers -7.5% to -5.0%: 126 employers -5.0% to -2.5%: 251 employers -2.5% to 0.0%: 556 employers 0.0% to 2.5%: 1,897 employers 2.5% to 5.0%: 836 employers 5.0% to 7.5%: 700 employers 7.5% to 10.0%: 600 employers 10.0% to 12.5%: 582 employers 12.5% to 15.0%: 526 employers 15.0% to 17.5%: 490 employers 17.5% to 20.0%: 438 employers 20.0% to 22.5%: 391 employers 22.5% to 25.0%: 357 employers 25.0% to 27.5%: 302 employers 27.5% to 30.0%: 253 employers 30.0% to 32.5%: 197 employers 32.5% to 35.0%: 159 employers 35.0% to 37.5%: 131 employers 37.5% to 40.0%: 490 employers -20% -10% 0 +10% +20% +30% +40% ← women paid more men paid more → this company

All 9,673 reporting employers for 2025/26 by median gap. 0 is equal pay; bars right of it are employers where men's median pay is higher, bars left of it where women's is.

0 +20% +40% +60% +80% +100% 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 2025/26 2017/18: 16.9% 2018/19: 17.2% 2019/20: 7.7% 2020/21: 6.1% 2021/22: 8.1% 2022/23: 9.5% 2023/24: 7.3% 2024/25: 8.9% 2025/26: 10.7% Median gap 2017/18: 18.9% 2018/19: 20.8% 2019/20: 18.3% 2020/21: 14.6% 2021/22: 14.5% 2022/23: 13.5% 2023/24: 13.1% 2024/25: 14.7% 2025/26: 13.6% Mean gap 2017/18: 21.7% 2018/19: 32.5% 2019/20: 27.8% 2020/21: 31.9% 2021/22: 0% 2022/23: 70.4% 2023/24: 91.4% 2024/25: 95.4% 2025/26: 96% Median bonus gap

The gap has narrowed since the 16.9% reported for 2017/18.

YearMedian gapMean gapBonus gap Women in top pay quartileWomen in lowest
2025/26 10.7% 13.6% 96% 47.2% 64%
2024/25 8.9% 14.7% 95.4% 47% 60.5%
2023/24 7.3% 13.1% 91.4% 51.9% 40.9%
2022/23 9.5% 13.5% 70.4% 52.4% 59.6%
2021/22 8.1% 14.5% 0% 50.7% 58.6%
2020/21 6.1% 14.6% 31.9% 50.7% 59.2%
2019/20 7.7% 18.3% 27.8% 49.1% 61%
2018/19 17.2% 20.8% 32.5% 41.3% 65.2%
2017/18 16.9% 18.9% 21.7% 44.4% 63.5%

Reported by the employer under the gender pay gap regulations — full report on the official service. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.