ROYAL SOCIETY OF CHEMISTRY (THE)

ROYAL SOCIETY OF CHEMISTRY (THE) has submitted data every year since 2017, with all 9 submissions on time.

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Last submission received on Tuesday, 31 Mar 2026 at 19:29 UTC.

Employer ID 10671
Company Number RC000524
Employer Size 500 to 999
Years Submitted
201720182019202020212022202320242025

Overall workforce composition

Deviation from a 50:50 gender split, averaged across all four pay quartiles per year. 0% represents an equal split of men and women; positive values mean more women, negative means fewer women.

Hourly pay gap over time

Positive values indicate women's hourly pay is lower than men's by that percentage. A value of 0 indicates equal pay; negative values indicate women earn more.

Pay quartile breakdown

Each band shows the percentage of that quartile that is male vs female.

Lower quartile bottom 25% of earners

Lower-middle quartile 25–50th percentile

Upper-middle quartile 50–75th percentile

Top quartile top 25% of earners

Bonus pay

Percentage of each gender who received a bonus payment.

Bonus pay gap — positive values indicate women's bonus pay is lower than men's.

Year by year

Each year's submission in full. Most recent year shown first.

2025 Mean pay gap 10.9%

In this organisation, women earned 86p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 16.8% lower than men's.

Women made up 49.1% of the highest paid quarter and 77.7% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 10.9%
Median hourly pay gap 13.9%
Men receiving bonus 94.4%
Women receiving bonus 93.8%
Mean bonus gap -7.3%
Median bonus gap 16.8%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 49.1%
50.9%
Upper-middle 65.3%
34.7%
Lower-middle 67.7%
32.3%
Lower quartile 77.7%
22.3%
2024 Mean pay gap 12.3%

In this organisation, women earned 87p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 49.7% of the highest paid quarter and 74.7% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 12.3%
Median hourly pay gap 13.1%
Men receiving bonus 78.4%
Women receiving bonus 79.7%
Mean bonus gap 7.3%
Median bonus gap 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 49.7%
50.3%
Upper-middle 66.9%
33.1%
Lower-middle 67.3%
32.7%
Lower quartile 74.7%
25.3%
2023 Mean pay gap 11.5%

In this organisation, women earned 87p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 1.2% lower than men's.

Women made up 50.6% of the highest paid quarter and 74.1% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 11.5%
Median hourly pay gap 13.1%
Men receiving bonus 85.3%
Women receiving bonus 89.9%
Mean bonus gap 11.2%
Median bonus gap 1.2%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 50.6%
49.4%
Upper-middle 68.3%
31.7%
Lower-middle 67.9%
32.1%
Lower quartile 74.1%
25.9%
2022 Mean pay gap 14.1%

In this organisation, women earned 86p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 49.5% of the highest paid quarter and 83.3% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 14.1%
Median hourly pay gap 13.9%
Men receiving bonus 93.0%
Women receiving bonus 92.0%
Mean bonus gap 0.8%
Median bonus gap 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 49.5%
50.5%
Upper-middle 66.0%
34.0%
Lower-middle 66.7%
33.3%
Lower quartile 83.3%
16.7%
2021 Mean pay gap 13.4%

In this organisation, women earned 85p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 8.3% lower than men's.

Women made up 50.0% of the highest paid quarter and 76.4% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 13.4%
Median hourly pay gap 15.2%
Men receiving bonus 97.0%
Women receiving bonus 97.0%
Mean bonus gap 5.2%
Median bonus gap 8.3%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 50.0%
50.0%
Upper-middle 62.9%
37.1%
Lower-middle 75.0%
25.0%
Lower quartile 76.4%
23.6%
2020 Mean pay gap 13.4%

In this organisation, women earned 86p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 10.6% lower than men's.

Women made up 49.6% of the highest paid quarter and 73.3% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 13.4%
Median hourly pay gap 14.1%
Men receiving bonus 92.0%
Women receiving bonus 87.0%
Mean bonus gap 24.5%
Median bonus gap 10.6%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 49.6%
50.4%
Upper-middle 67.6%
32.4%
Lower-middle 74.3%
25.7%
Lower quartile 73.3%
26.7%
2019 Mean pay gap 15.8%

In this organisation, women earned 83p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 25.8% lower than men's.

Women made up 46.3% of the highest paid quarter and 75.9% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 15.8%
Median hourly pay gap 17.0%
Men receiving bonus 97.0%
Women receiving bonus 97.0%
Mean bonus gap 30.3%
Median bonus gap 25.8%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 46.3%
53.7%
Upper-middle 62.4%
37.6%
Lower-middle 72.5%
27.5%
Lower quartile 75.9%
24.1%
2018 Mean pay gap 16.0%

In this organisation, women earned 83p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 25.8% lower than men's.

Women made up 44.3% of the highest paid quarter and 73.8% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 16.0%
Median hourly pay gap 16.6%
Men receiving bonus 83.2%
Women receiving bonus 87.9%
Mean bonus gap 30.3%
Median bonus gap 25.8%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 44.3%
55.7%
Upper-middle 68.0%
32.0%
Lower-middle 72.1%
27.9%
Lower quartile 73.8%
26.2%
2017 Mean pay gap 17.0%

In this organisation, women earned 84p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 25.7% lower than men's.

Women made up 47.8% of the highest paid quarter and 77.0% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 17.0%
Median hourly pay gap 15.7%
Men receiving bonus 81.5%
Women receiving bonus 83.1%
Mean bonus gap 39.5%
Median bonus gap 25.7%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 47.8%
52.2%
Upper-middle 66.0%
34.0%
Lower-middle 71.0%
29.0%
Lower quartile 77.0%
23.0%