Fair Pay Services Limited – Gender Pay Gap Report 2023

 

The Gender Pay Gap is the difference between the average (mean or median) earnings of men and women across a workforce.

 

Gender Pay Gap 5 April 2022

 

Fair Pay Services median Gender Pay Gap is 16.34% This means that on average women earn 83.66p for every £1 that men earn.

Quartiles are calculated by dividing the workforce into four equal-sized groups and show the proportion of men and women in each quartile band, quartile 1 being the lowest earning and quartile 4 being the highest earning.

The overall gender split in the workforce was 32.75% women and 62.75% men.

The Gender Pay Gap is the difference between the average (mean or median) earnings of men and women across a workforce. The mean Gender Pay Gap displays the average.

This is calculated by adding up the wages of all the men and women employed and dividing it by the total number of staff in that group.

The pay gap is the difference between the mean figures for men and women.

 

Lower Quartile

 

Female 49% – Male 51%

Average Pay Rates per hour

                                                Mean                           Median

Male                                        10.75                            10.94

Female                                     10.68                            10.65   

 

Second Quartile

 

Female 30% – Male 70%

Average Pay Rates per hour

                                                Mean                           Median

Male                                        £13.88                          £13.64

Female                                     £13.84                          £13.65 

 

Third Quartile

 

Female 23% – Male 77%

Average Pay Rates per hour

                                                Mean                           Median

Male                                        £19.05                          £18.75

Female                                     £18.81                          £18.35

 

Upper Quartile

 

Female 29% – Male 71%

Average Pay Rates per hour

                                                Mean                           Median

Male                                        £42.87                          £33.41

Female                                     £34.93                          £35.11 

 

Mean and Median explained

 

The median Gender Pay Gap displays men and women’s wages from highest to lowest and compares the number that is in the middle for each group. The difference in salary between the midpoint ranges is the pay gap figure. This tends to form the basis of most comparisons between organisations.

The mean Gender Pay Gap displays the average. This is calculated by adding up the wages of all the men and women employed and dividing it by the total number of staff in that group. The pay gap is the difference between the mean figures for men and women.

 

Key Drivers

 

Key Driver 1: Higher percentage of men in every quartile

In every quartile there are more men than women. The lowest percentage of women is in the third quartile at 23%, with men at 77%. The median pay gap for the upper quartile is 0.02%.

Key Driver 2: Anomalies in Upper Quartile

In the upper quartile the mean is 18.52%, whereas the median is -0.05% – this is the largest difference of mean and median in all the quartiles and can be explained by us having a small number of high earners in the very top of the quartile. The Median reflects a more realistic average for the quartile. The mean is affected by outliers in a way that the median is not (as explained above) and shows the importance of taking both the mean and median into account.

Key Driver 3: Pay parity in the lower quartile.

The lower quartile contributes the most towards women being paid more equitably in comparison towards men. Both the mean and median in this quartile are marginally different. This quartile also has the highest percentage of women at 49%.