West Sussex County Council

West Sussex County Council has submitted data every year since 2017, with all 9 submissions on time.

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Last submission received on Friday, 13 Mar 2026 at 11:51 UTC.

Employer ID 13636
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 4.4%

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

Women made up 70.7% of the highest paid quarter and 75.6% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 4.4%
Median hourly pay gap 6.9%
Men receiving bonus 24.2%
Women receiving bonus 1.0%
Mean bonus gap -9.6%
Median bonus gap 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 70.7%
29.3%
Upper-middle 61.0%
39.0%
Lower-middle 71.6%
28.4%
Lower quartile 75.6%
24.4%
2024 Mean pay gap 4.1%

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

Women made up 70.0% of the highest paid quarter and 74.4% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 4.1%
Median hourly pay gap 8.9%
Men receiving bonus 23.9%
Women receiving bonus 0.9%
Mean bonus gap -1.8%
Median bonus gap 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 70.0%
30.0%
Upper-middle 59.0%
41.0%
Lower-middle 72.8%
27.2%
Lower quartile 74.4%
25.6%
2023 Mean pay gap 4.9%

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

Women made up 69.6% of the highest paid quarter and 75.7% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 4.9%
Median hourly pay gap 10.0%
Men receiving bonus 11.7%
Women receiving bonus 0.2%
Mean bonus gap 4.3%
Median bonus gap 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 69.6%
30.4%
Upper-middle 59.2%
40.8%
Lower-middle 71.7%
28.3%
Lower quartile 75.7%
24.3%
2022 Mean pay gap 4.4%

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

Women's median bonus pay was 24.7% lower than men's.

Women made up 69.2% of the highest paid quarter and 76.3% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 4.4%
Median hourly pay gap 5.0%
Men receiving bonus 12.8%
Women receiving bonus 0.3%
Mean bonus gap 14.3%
Median bonus gap 24.7%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 69.2%
30.8%
Upper-middle 58.2%
41.8%
Lower-middle 69.4%
30.6%
Lower quartile 76.3%
23.7%
2021 Mean pay gap 3.1%

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

Women made up 69.0% of the highest paid quarter and 74.6% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 3.1%
Median hourly pay gap 3.2%
Men receiving bonus 10.9%
Women receiving bonus 0.2%
Mean bonus gap 1.9%
Median bonus gap 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 69.0%
31.0%
Upper-middle 61.2%
38.8%
Lower-middle 63.4%
36.6%
Lower quartile 74.6%
25.4%
2020 Mean pay gap 5.1%

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

Women made up 66.2% of the highest paid quarter and 75.9% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 5.1%
Median hourly pay gap 3.3%
Men receiving bonus 9.6%
Women receiving bonus 0.2%
Mean bonus gap -6.5%
Median bonus gap 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 66.2%
33.8%
Upper-middle 69.2%
30.8%
Lower-middle 63.0%
37.0%
Lower quartile 75.9%
24.1%
2019 Mean pay gap 5.6%

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

Women made up 68.3% of the highest paid quarter and 75.9% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 5.6%
Median hourly pay gap 6.9%
Men receiving bonus 10.2%
Women receiving bonus 0.2%
Mean bonus gap -1.9%
Median bonus gap 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 68.3%
31.7%
Upper-middle 66.9%
33.1%
Lower-middle 65.7%
34.3%
Lower quartile 75.9%
24.1%
2018 Mean pay gap 7.4%

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

Women's median bonus pay was 12.2% lower than men's.

Women made up 65.3% of the highest paid quarter and 76.1% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 7.4%
Median hourly pay gap 9.7%
Men receiving bonus 10.9%
Women receiving bonus 0.2%
Mean bonus gap 11.3%
Median bonus gap 12.2%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 65.3%
34.7%
Upper-middle 62.1%
37.9%
Lower-middle 69.7%
30.3%
Lower quartile 76.1%
23.9%
2017 Mean pay gap 7.8%

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

Women's median bonus pay was 24.8% lower than men's.

Women made up 64.2% of the highest paid quarter and 76.5% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 7.8%
Median hourly pay gap 9.8%
Men receiving bonus 11.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.3%
Mean bonus gap 20.2%
Median bonus gap 24.8%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 64.2%
35.8%
Upper-middle 58.4%
41.6%
Lower-middle 63.8%
36.2%
Lower quartile 76.5%
23.5%