Wolverhampton City Council

Wolverhampton City 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 10:00 UTC.

Employer ID 13876
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 0.8%

In this organisation, women earned £1.04 for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 67.7% of the highest paid quarter and 68.1% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 0.8%
Median hourly pay gap -3.8%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 67.7%
32.3%
Upper-middle 66.2%
33.8%
Lower-middle 62.5%
37.5%
Lower quartile 68.1%
31.9%
2024 Mean pay gap 2.4%

In this organisation, women and men earned the same median hourly pay.

Women made up 67.5% of the highest paid quarter and 70.3% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 2.4%
Median hourly pay gap 0.0%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 67.5%
32.5%
Upper-middle 65.0%
35.0%
Lower-middle 65.7%
34.3%
Lower quartile 70.3%
29.7%
2023 Mean pay gap 3.0%

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 72.3% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 3.0%
Median hourly pay gap 6.5%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 68.3%
31.7%
Upper-middle 64.1%
35.9%
Lower-middle 66.1%
33.9%
Lower quartile 72.3%
27.7%
2022 Mean pay gap 4.0%

In this organisation, women earned 99p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 67.2% of the highest paid quarter and 72.8% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 4.0%
Median hourly pay gap 1.2%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 67.2%
32.8%
Upper-middle 64.6%
35.4%
Lower-middle 66.8%
33.1%
Lower quartile 72.8%
27.2%
2021 Mean pay gap 4.0%

In this organisation, women earned 99p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 68.5% of the highest paid quarter and 75.3% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 4.0%
Median hourly pay gap 0.6%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 68.5%
31.5%
Upper-middle 66.4%
33.6%
Lower-middle 65.7%
34.3%
Lower quartile 75.3%
24.7%
2020 Mean pay gap 4.2%

In this organisation, women and men earned the same median hourly pay.

Women made up 67.4% of the highest paid quarter and 75.2% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 4.2%
Median hourly pay gap 0.0%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 67.4%
32.6%
Upper-middle 68.6%
31.4%
Lower-middle 65.3%
34.7%
Lower quartile 75.2%
24.8%
2019 Mean pay gap 4.5%

In this organisation, women earned 100p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 69.1% of the highest paid quarter and 78.2% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 4.5%
Median hourly pay gap 0.2%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 69.1%
30.9%
Upper-middle 68.6%
31.4%
Lower-middle 63.8%
36.2%
Lower quartile 78.2%
21.8%
2018 Mean pay gap 7.1%

In this organisation, women and men earned the same median hourly pay.

Women made up 68.9% of the highest paid quarter and 79.1% of the lowest paid quarter.

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

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 68.9%
31.1%
Upper-middle 69.6%
30.4%
Lower-middle 68.9%
31.1%
Lower quartile 79.1%
20.9%
2017 Mean pay gap 7.8%

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

Women made up 67.8% of the highest paid quarter and 80.2% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 7.8%
Median hourly pay gap 3.1%
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 67.8%
32.2%
Upper-middle 71.8%
28.2%
Lower-middle 68.2%
31.8%
Lower quartile 80.2%
19.8%