SOTHEBY'S
SOTHEBY'S has submitted data every year since 2017, with all 8 submissions on time.
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Last submission received on Friday, 20 Mar 2026 at 13:59 UTC.
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 27.5%
Submitted on Friday, 20 Mar 2026 at 13:59 UTC.
In this organisation, women earned 74p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.
Women's median bonus pay was 13.6% lower than men's.
Women made up 45.5% of the highest paid quarter and 67.4% of the lowest paid quarter.
Pay quartile breakdown
2024 Mean pay gap 29.0%
Submitted on Tuesday, 1 Apr 2025 at 10:39 UTC.
In this organisation, women earned 79p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.
Women's median bonus pay was 44.7% lower than men's.
Women made up 46.1% of the highest paid quarter and 60.0% of the lowest paid quarter.
Pay quartile breakdown
2023 Mean pay gap 27.0%
Submitted on Tuesday, 2 Apr 2024 at 14:38 UTC.
In this organisation, women earned 73p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.
Women's median bonus pay was 55.6% lower than men's.
Women made up 45.3% of the highest paid quarter and 61.9% of the lowest paid quarter.
Pay quartile breakdown
2022 Mean pay gap 30.8%
Submitted on Tuesday, 21 Mar 2023 at 09:13 UTC.
In this organisation, women earned 73p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.
Women's median bonus pay was 44.4% lower than men's.
Women made up 44.0% of the highest paid quarter and 65.0% of the lowest paid quarter.
Pay quartile breakdown
2021 Mean pay gap 32.1%
Submitted on Tuesday, 29 Mar 2022 at 12:32 UTC.
In this organisation, women earned 69p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.
Women's median bonus pay was 51.7% lower than men's.
Women made up 46.4% of the highest paid quarter and 72.8% of the lowest paid quarter.
Pay quartile breakdown
2020 Mean pay gap 24.5%
Submitted on Tuesday, 5 Oct 2021 at 16:14 UTC.
In this organisation, women earned 75p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.
Women's median bonus pay was 20.3% lower than men's.
Women made up 49.6% of the highest paid quarter and 68.6% of the lowest paid quarter.
Pay quartile breakdown
2018 Mean pay gap 33.0%
Submitted on Thursday, 4 Apr 2019 at 16:16 UTC.
In this organisation, women earned 73p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.
Women's median bonus pay was 25.0% lower than men's.
Women made up 46.0% of the highest paid quarter and 77.0% of the lowest paid quarter.
Pay quartile breakdown
2017 Mean pay gap 34.2%
Submitted on Monday, 2 Apr 2018 at 16:07 UTC.
In this organisation, women earned 78p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.
Women's median bonus pay was 16.7% lower than men's.
Women made up 47.6% of the highest paid quarter and 76.8% of the lowest paid quarter.
Pay quartile breakdown