Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council

Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council has submitted data every year since 2017, with all 9 submissions on time.

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Last submission received on Thursday, 26 Mar 2026 at 14:58 UTC.

Employer ID 10861
Company Number N/A
Employer Size 1000 to 4999
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 2.2%

In this organisation, women earned 95p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 55.2% of the highest paid quarter and 60.8% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 2.2%
Median hourly pay gap 5.0%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 55.2%
44.8%
Upper-middle 54.7%
45.3%
Lower-middle 67.8%
32.2%
Lower quartile 60.8%
39.2%
2024 Mean pay gap 2.2%

In this organisation, women earned 93p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 54.5% of the highest paid quarter and 60.5% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 2.2%
Median hourly pay gap 6.6%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 54.5%
45.5%
Upper-middle 54.4%
45.6%
Lower-middle 68.2%
31.8%
Lower quartile 60.5%
39.5%
2023 Mean pay gap 2.5%

In this organisation, women earned 93p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 55.1% of the highest paid quarter and 61.2% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 2.5%
Median hourly pay gap 6.8%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 55.1%
44.9%
Upper-middle 53.2%
46.8%
Lower-middle 66.3%
33.7%
Lower quartile 61.2%
38.8%
2022 Mean pay gap 0.6%

In this organisation, women earned 97p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 54.9% of the highest paid quarter and 58.3% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 0.6%
Median hourly pay gap 3.3%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 54.9%
45.1%
Upper-middle 51.2%
48.8%
Lower-middle 66.7%
33.3%
Lower quartile 58.3%
41.7%
2021 Mean pay gap 3.4%

In this organisation, women earned 90p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 47.3% of the highest paid quarter and 62.2% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 3.4%
Median hourly pay gap 10.4%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 47.3%
52.7%
Upper-middle 57.9%
42.1%
Lower-middle 64.9%
35.1%
Lower quartile 62.2%
37.8%
2020 Mean pay gap 5.1%

In this organisation, women earned 88p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 52.1% of the highest paid quarter and 63.0% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 5.1%
Median hourly pay gap 12.1%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 52.1%
47.9%
Upper-middle 52.2%
47.8%
Lower-middle 65.5%
34.5%
Lower quartile 63.0%
37.0%
2019 Mean pay gap 6.4%

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

Women made up 49.6% of the highest paid quarter and 63.3% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 6.4%
Median hourly pay gap 14.4%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 49.6%
50.4%
Upper-middle 52.4%
47.6%
Lower-middle 65.8%
34.2%
Lower quartile 63.3%
36.7%
2018 Mean pay gap 7.1%

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

Women made up 52.8% of the highest paid quarter and 65.7% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 7.1%
Median hourly pay gap 12.6%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 52.8%
47.2%
Upper-middle 53.5%
46.5%
Lower-middle 68.5%
31.5%
Lower quartile 65.7%
34.3%
2017 Mean pay gap 8.4%

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

Women made up 51.0% of the highest paid quarter and 65.4% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 8.4%
Median hourly pay gap 12.6%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%
Mean bonus gap 0.0%
Median bonus gap 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 51.0%
49.0%
Upper-middle 54.1%
45.9%
Lower-middle 67.3%
32.7%
Lower quartile 65.4%
34.6%