Gender pay gap statistics
National medians by reporting year, and sector medians for the latest complete year.
The median UK reporting employer's gender pay gap is 7.8% for the 2025/26 reporting year, across 9,673 employers. Sector by sector, the spread runs from 0.0% to 23.3% (Insurance, reinsurance and pension funding, except compulsory social security).
Median employer gap by reporting year
Median of reporting employers' median hourly pay gaps; positive = women paid less. Exactly ±100% reports excluded as implausible.
Sector medians, latest complete year
| Sector | Median gap | Employers |
|---|---|---|
| Insurance, reinsurance and pension funding, except compulsory social security | 23.3% | 58 |
| Construction of buildings | 22.6% | 104 |
| Activities auxiliary to financial services and insurance | 22.6% | 84 |
| Civil engineering | 21.2% | 74 |
| Air transport | 20.9% | 33 |
| Specialised construction activities | 20.9% | 133 |
| Legal and accounting | 19.2% | 51 |
| Repair and installation of machinery and equipment | 19.0% | 38 |
| Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding | 18.8% | 344 |
| Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis | 18.1% | 88 |
| Travel agency, tour operator and other reservation services | 16.0% | 35 |
| Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles | 15.0% | 221 |
| Computer programming, consultancy | 15.0% | 336 |
| Publishing activities | 14.2% | 85 |
| Information services | 13.9% | 62 |
| Manufacture of electrical equipment | 13.7% | 63 |
| Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products | 13.1% | 71 |
| Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply | 12.9% | 70 |
| Telecommunications | 12.6% | 71 |
| Activities of head offices; management consultancies | 11.5% | 321 |
| Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products | 10.9% | 35 |
| Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. | 10.9% | 102 |
| Office administrative, office support and other business support activities | 10.5% | 523 |
| Advertising and market research | 10.5% | 60 |
| Other professional, scientific and technical services | 10.2% | 145 |
| Scientific research and development | 8.2% | 67 |
| Other manufacturing | 8.0% | 114 |
| Motion picture, video and television programme production, sound recording and music publishing | 7.9% | 48 |
| Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment | 7.6% | 108 |
| Manufacture of other transport equipment | 7.3% | 46 |
| Manufacture of rubber and plastic products | 6.7% | 80 |
| Other personal service activities | 6.4% | 150 |
| Manufacture of paper and paper products | 5.9% | 39 |
| Manufacture of basic metals | 5.8% | 32 |
| Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products | 5.1% | 89 |
| Warehousing and support activities for transportation | 5.0% | 103 |
| Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers | 4.9% | 72 |
| Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles | 4.1% | 356 |
| Waste collection, treatment and disposal activities; materials recovery | 4.0% | 43 |
| Rental and leasing | 4.0% | 51 |
| Land transport and transport via pipelines | 4.0% | 235 |
| Manufacture of food products | 3.8% | 268 |
| Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations | 3.1% | 57 |
| Manufacture of beverages | 3.0% | 57 |
| Crop and animal production, hunting and related services | 3.0% | 52 |
| Employment services | 2.5% | 292 |
| Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles | 2.4% | 365 |
| Creative, arts and entertainment activities | 2.4% | 40 |
| Sports activities and amusement and recreation activities | 1.6% | 154 |
| Accommodation | 1.5% | 180 |
| Services to buildings and landscape activities | 1.0% | 177 |
| Social work activities without accommodation | 0.6% | 113 |
| Human health activities | 0.3% | 359 |
| Food and beverage services | 0.0% | 369 |
| Security and investigation activities | 0.0% | 55 |
| Residential care activities | 0.0% | 276 |
Source: employers' statutory reports via gender-pay-gap.service.gov.uk, OGL v3.0. Methodology on the about page. Free to cite with attribution — more at UK company statistics.