Dorset & Wiltshire Fire & Rescue Service

Dorset & Wiltshire Fire & Rescue Service has submitted data every year since 2017, with all 9 submissions on time.

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Last submission received on Tuesday, 10 Mar 2026 at 15:49 UTC.

Employer ID 14308
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 8.5%

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

Women made up 15.5% of the highest paid quarter and 34.1% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 8.5%
Median hourly pay gap 9.4%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 15.5%
84.5%
Upper-middle 11.8%
88.2%
Lower-middle 17.7%
82.3%
Lower quartile 34.1%
65.9%
2024 Mean pay gap 6.2%

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

Women made up 14.0% of the highest paid quarter and 31.3% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 6.2%
Median hourly pay gap 10.5%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 14.0%
86.0%
Upper-middle 11.8%
88.2%
Lower-middle 17.5%
82.5%
Lower quartile 31.3%
68.7%
2023 Mean pay gap 9.0%

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

Women made up 14.6% of the highest paid quarter and 34.2% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 9.0%
Median hourly pay gap 10.4%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 14.6%
85.4%
Upper-middle 12.1%
87.9%
Lower-middle 12.7%
87.3%
Lower quartile 34.2%
65.8%
2022 Mean pay gap 7.7%

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

Women made up 16.7% of the highest paid quarter and 35.0% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 7.7%
Median hourly pay gap 9.8%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 16.7%
83.3%
Upper-middle 10.3%
89.7%
Lower-middle 11.2%
88.8%
Lower quartile 35.0%
65.0%
2021 Mean pay gap 9.7%

In this organisation, women earned 87p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 12.4% of the highest paid quarter and 12.4% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 9.7%
Median hourly pay gap 13.1%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 12.4%
87.6%
Upper-middle 12.4%
87.6%
Lower-middle 12.4%
87.6%
Lower quartile 12.4%
87.6%
2020 Mean pay gap 8.6%

In this organisation, women earned 88p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 15.3% of the highest paid quarter and 41.1% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 8.6%
Median hourly pay gap 11.8%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 15.3%
84.7%
Upper-middle 9.7%
90.3%
Lower-middle 14.0%
86.0%
Lower quartile 41.1%
58.9%
2019 Mean pay gap 10.8%

In this organisation, women earned 88p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 13.7% of the highest paid quarter and 39.0% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 10.8%
Median hourly pay gap 12.5%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 13.7%
86.3%
Upper-middle 11.8%
88.2%
Lower-middle 10.0%
90.0%
Lower quartile 39.0%
61.0%
2018 Mean pay gap 10.4%

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

Women made up 12.8% of the highest paid quarter and 35.3% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 10.4%
Median hourly pay gap 7.1%
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 12.8%
87.2%
Upper-middle 15.2%
84.8%
Lower-middle 6.9%
93.1%
Lower quartile 35.3%
64.7%
2017 Mean pay gap 7.5%

In this organisation, women earned 88p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 16.8% of the highest paid quarter and 28.3% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 7.5%
Median hourly pay gap 11.9%
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 16.8%
83.2%
Upper-middle 11.0%
89.0%
Lower-middle 9.2%
90.8%
Lower quartile 28.3%
71.7%