West Midlands Fire Service

West Midlands Fire Service has submitted data every year since 2017, with all 9 submissions on time.

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Last submission received on Monday, 14 Jul 2025 at 14:30 UTC.

Employer ID 13629
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 5.0%

In this organisation, women earned 92p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 26.1% of the highest paid quarter and 44.3% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 5.0%
Median hourly pay gap 8.0%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 26.1%
73.9%
Upper-middle 19.0%
81.0%
Lower-middle 17.9%
82.1%
Lower quartile 44.3%
55.7%
2024 Mean pay gap 5.5%

In this organisation, women earned 91p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 23.5% of the highest paid quarter and 42.8% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 5.5%
Median hourly pay gap 8.7%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 23.5%
76.5%
Upper-middle 19.5%
80.5%
Lower-middle 15.6%
84.4%
Lower quartile 42.8%
57.2%
2023 Mean pay gap 6.1%

In this organisation, women earned 91p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 23.4% of the highest paid quarter and 45.4% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 6.1%
Median hourly pay gap 9.1%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 23.4%
76.6%
Upper-middle 18.0%
82.0%
Lower-middle 14.9%
85.1%
Lower quartile 45.4%
54.6%
2022 Mean pay gap 6.8%

In this organisation, women earned 91p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 23.3% of the highest paid quarter and 45.4% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 6.8%
Median hourly pay gap 9.2%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 23.3%
76.7%
Upper-middle 17.5%
82.5%
Lower-middle 12.3%
87.7%
Lower quartile 45.4%
54.6%
2021 Mean pay gap 8.9%

In this organisation, women earned 96p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 20.5% of the highest paid quarter and 49.2% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 8.9%
Median hourly pay gap 4.0%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 20.5%
79.5%
Upper-middle 17.9%
82.1%
Lower-middle 10.1%
89.9%
Lower quartile 49.2%
50.8%
2020 Mean pay gap 9.8%

In this organisation, women earned 92p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 19.5% of the highest paid quarter and 49.0% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 9.8%
Median hourly pay gap 8.0%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 19.5%
80.5%
Upper-middle 16.3%
83.7%
Lower-middle 8.7%
91.3%
Lower quartile 49.0%
51.0%
2019 Mean pay gap 11.3%

In this organisation, women earned 94p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 17.8% of the highest paid quarter and 50.4% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 11.3%
Median hourly pay gap 6.3%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 17.8%
82.2%
Upper-middle 14.0%
86.0%
Lower-middle 6.2%
93.8%
Lower quartile 50.4%
49.6%
2018 Mean pay gap 10.4%

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

Women made up 17.0% of the highest paid quarter and 44.5% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 10.4%
Median hourly pay gap 5.0%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 17.0%
83.0%
Upper-middle 12.4%
87.6%
Lower-middle 6.1%
93.9%
Lower quartile 44.5%
55.5%
2017 Mean pay gap 14.5%

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

Women made up 15.4% of the highest paid quarter and 44.8% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 14.5%
Median hourly pay gap 5.4%
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 15.4%
84.6%
Upper-middle 13.2%
86.8%
Lower-middle 7.2%
92.8%
Lower quartile 44.8%
55.2%