Gender pay gap – how are we doing?

Curo’s 2024/25 gender pay gap report

Main gender pay gap figures

  • Women earned 85p for every £1 that men earned (comparing median hourly pay)
  • Women made up 36.9% of employees in the highest paid quarter, and 61.7% of employees in the lowest paid quarter
  • 76.2% of women received bonus pay, compared with 70.5% of men
  • Women’s bonus pay was 0% lower than men’s (comparing median bonus pay)

Hourly pay

  • Women’s mean (average) hourly pay was 12% lower than men’s
  • Women’s median hourly pay was 15.1% lower than men’s – this means they earned 85p for every £1 that men earn when comparing median hourly pay

Pay quarters

Women made up:

  • 36.9% of employees in the upper hourly pay quarter (highest paid jobs)
  • 38.5% of employees in the upper middle hourly pay quarter
  • 50.8% of employees in the lower middle hourly pay quarter
  • 61.7% of employees in the lower hourly pay quarter (lowest paid jobs)

Bonus pay

  • Women’s median bonus pay was 0% lower than men’s – this means they earned £1 for every £1 that men earn when comparing median bonus pay
  • Women’s mean (average) bonus pay was 8.81% lower than men’s
  • 76.2% of women and 70.5% of men received bonus pay

See the statistics on the government’s website here.