South Wales Police

South Wales Police has submitted data every year since 2017, with all 9 submissions on time.

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Last submission received on Tuesday, 3 Feb 2026 at 13:10 UTC.

Employer ID 11398
Company Number N/A
Employer Size 5000 to 19,999
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 9.2%

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

Women made up 33.0% of the highest paid quarter and 57.0% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 9.2%
Median hourly pay gap 15.9%
Men receiving bonus 10.0%
Women receiving bonus 11.0%
Mean bonus gap 15.9%
Median bonus gap 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 33.0%
67.0%
Upper-middle 46.0%
54.0%
Lower-middle 54.0%
46.0%
Lower quartile 57.0%
43.0%
2024 Mean pay gap 9.3%

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

Women's median bonus pay was 36.1% higher than men's.

Women made up 32.8% of the highest paid quarter and 56.6% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 9.3%
Median hourly pay gap 17.0%
Men receiving bonus 11.8%
Women receiving bonus 11.4%
Mean bonus gap 20.1%
Median bonus gap -36.1%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 32.8%
67.2%
Upper-middle 45.3%
54.7%
Lower-middle 53.6%
46.4%
Lower quartile 56.6%
43.4%
2023 Mean pay gap 9.2%

In this organisation, women earned 81p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 25.0% higher than men's.

Women made up 30.9% of the highest paid quarter and 55.2% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 9.2%
Median hourly pay gap 18.6%
Men receiving bonus 11.5%
Women receiving bonus 10.3%
Mean bonus gap 12.5%
Median bonus gap -25.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 30.9%
69.1%
Upper-middle 45.4%
54.6%
Lower-middle 51.9%
48.1%
Lower quartile 55.2%
44.8%
2022 Mean pay gap 11.2%

In this organisation, women earned 80p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 2.3% lower than men's.

Women made up 28.2% of the highest paid quarter and 57.5% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 11.2%
Median hourly pay gap 20.3%
Men receiving bonus 10.5%
Women receiving bonus 14.2%
Mean bonus gap 25.1%
Median bonus gap 2.3%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 28.2%
71.8%
Upper-middle 43.6%
56.4%
Lower-middle 52.9%
47.1%
Lower quartile 57.5%
42.5%
2021 Mean pay gap 11.5%

In this organisation, women earned 80p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 6.1% higher than men's.

Women made up 28.2% of the highest paid quarter and 59.3% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 11.5%
Median hourly pay gap 20.4%
Men receiving bonus 8.7%
Women receiving bonus 9.3%
Mean bonus gap -5.9%
Median bonus gap -6.1%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 28.2%
71.8%
Upper-middle 41.8%
58.2%
Lower-middle 50.0%
50.0%
Lower quartile 59.3%
40.7%
2020 Mean pay gap 12.4%

In this organisation, women earned 78p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 62.2% lower than men's.

Women made up 27.5% of the highest paid quarter and 60.4% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 12.4%
Median hourly pay gap 21.7%
Men receiving bonus 6.9%
Women receiving bonus 7.3%
Mean bonus gap -3.9%
Median bonus gap 62.2%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 27.5%
72.5%
Upper-middle 40.5%
59.5%
Lower-middle 50.0%
50.0%
Lower quartile 60.4%
39.6%
2019 Mean pay gap 12.7%

In this organisation, women earned 78p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 26.8% of the highest paid quarter and 59.6% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 12.7%
Median hourly pay gap 21.7%
Men receiving bonus 0.6%
Women receiving bonus 0.3%
Mean bonus gap 5.3%
Median bonus gap 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 26.8%
73.2%
Upper-middle 39.1%
60.9%
Lower-middle 49.7%
50.3%
Lower quartile 59.6%
40.4%
2018 Mean pay gap 13.3%

In this organisation, women earned 77p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 23.7% of the highest paid quarter and 58.2% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 13.3%
Median hourly pay gap 23.2%
Men receiving bonus 1.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.3%
Mean bonus gap 55.6%
Median bonus gap 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 23.7%
76.3%
Upper-middle 39.9%
60.1%
Lower-middle 49.4%
50.6%
Lower quartile 58.2%
41.8%
2017 Mean pay gap 13.4%

In this organisation, women earned 80p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 23.6% of the highest paid quarter and 56.5% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 13.4%
Median hourly pay gap 20.2%
Men receiving bonus 0.5%
Women receiving bonus 0.1%
Mean bonus gap 52.8%
Median bonus gap 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 23.6%
76.4%
Upper-middle 37.8%
62.2%
Lower-middle 49.8%
50.2%
Lower quartile 56.5%
43.5%