Gender pay gap – how are we doing?
Curo’s 2025/26 gender pay gap report
(Data from 31/03/2025)
Main gender pay gap figures
- Women earned 88p for every £1 that men earned (comparing median hourly pay)
- Women made up 43.0% of employees in the highest paid quarter, and 60.6% of employees in the lowest paid quarter
- 12.0% of women received bonus pay, compared with 46.3% of men
- Women’s bonus pay was 93.1% lower than men’s (comparing median bonus pay)
Hourly pay
- Women’s mean (average) hourly pay was 8.7% lower than men’s
- Women’s median hourly pay was 12.5% lower than men’s – this means they earned 88p for every £1 that men earn when comparing median hourly pay
Pay quarters
Women made up:
- 43.0% of employees in the upper hourly pay quarter (highest paid jobs)
- 37.2% of employees in the upper middle hourly pay quarter
- 47.8% of employees in the lower middle hourly pay quarter
- 60.6% of employees in the lower hourly pay quarter (lowest paid jobs)
Bonus pay
- Women’s median bonus pay was 93.1% lower than men’s – this means they earned 7p for every £1 that men earn when comparing median bonus pay
- Women’s mean (average) bonus pay was 92.42% lower than men’s
- 12.0% of women and 46.3% of men received bonus pay