Ashford Borough Council

Ashford Borough Council has submitted data every year since 2017, with all 9 submissions on time.

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Last submission received on Tuesday, 3 Mar 2026 at 16:25 UTC.

Employer ID 1485
Company Number N/A
Employer Size 500 to 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 7.5%

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

Women made up 49.4% of the highest paid quarter and 62.4% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 7.5%
Median hourly pay gap 9.1%
Men receiving bonus 86.5%
Women receiving bonus 85.5%
Mean bonus gap 1.2%
Median bonus gap 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 49.4%
50.6%
Upper-middle 58.0%
42.0%
Lower-middle 56.4%
43.6%
Lower quartile 62.4%
37.6%
2024 Mean pay gap 7.0%

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

Women made up 50.0% of the highest paid quarter and 58.8% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 7.0%
Median hourly pay gap 8.9%
Men receiving bonus 66.4%
Women receiving bonus 87.1%
Mean bonus gap 10.8%
Median bonus gap 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 50.0%
50.0%
Upper-middle 56.9%
43.1%
Lower-middle 61.8%
38.2%
Lower quartile 58.8%
41.2%
2023 Mean pay gap 9.3%

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

Women's median bonus pay was 1567.0% higher than men's.

Women made up 46.2% of the highest paid quarter and 62.3% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 9.3%
Median hourly pay gap 10.4%
Men receiving bonus 14.4%
Women receiving bonus 0.9%
Mean bonus gap 41.3%
Median bonus gap -1567.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 46.2%
53.8%
Upper-middle 65.4%
34.6%
Lower-middle 65.4%
34.6%
Lower quartile 62.3%
37.7%
2022 Mean pay gap 7.3%

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

Women's median bonus pay was 5846.0% higher than men's.

Women made up 46.2% of the highest paid quarter and 58.3% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 7.3%
Median hourly pay gap 6.3%
Men receiving bonus 5.4%
Women receiving bonus 1.0%
Mean bonus gap -154.6%
Median bonus gap -5846.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 46.2%
53.8%
Upper-middle 62.1%
37.9%
Lower-middle 59.9%
40.1%
Lower quartile 58.3%
41.7%
2021 Mean pay gap 8.8%

In this organisation, women earned 85p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 20.0% higher than men's.

Women made up 45.9% of the highest paid quarter and 57.4% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 8.8%
Median hourly pay gap 15.5%
Men receiving bonus 13.8%
Women receiving bonus 1.0%
Mean bonus gap -463.9%
Median bonus gap -20.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 45.9%
54.1%
Upper-middle 58.2%
41.8%
Lower-middle 67.0%
33.0%
Lower quartile 57.4%
42.6%
2020 Mean pay gap 12.2%

In this organisation, women earned 82p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 1150.0% higher than men's.

Women made up 45.3% of the highest paid quarter and 57.3% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 12.2%
Median hourly pay gap 18.2%
Men receiving bonus 15.5%
Women receiving bonus 2.1%
Mean bonus gap 23.2%
Median bonus gap -1150.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 45.3%
54.7%
Upper-middle 60.2%
39.8%
Lower-middle 74.5%
25.5%
Lower quartile 57.3%
42.7%
2019 Mean pay gap 13.5%

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

Women's median bonus pay was 350.0% higher than men's.

Women made up 40.2% of the highest paid quarter and 58.1% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 13.5%
Median hourly pay gap 22.4%
Men receiving bonus 13.0%
Women receiving bonus 1.0%
Mean bonus gap -337.5%
Median bonus gap -350.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 40.2%
59.8%
Upper-middle 61.5%
38.5%
Lower-middle 76.9%
23.1%
Lower quartile 58.1%
41.9%
2018 Mean pay gap 15.8%

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

Women's median bonus pay was 1150.0% higher than men's.

Women made up 39.5% of the highest paid quarter and 59.6% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 15.8%
Median hourly pay gap 22.5%
Men receiving bonus 12.7%
Women receiving bonus 0.7%
Mean bonus gap -460.7%
Median bonus gap -1150.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 39.5%
60.5%
Upper-middle 64.9%
35.1%
Lower-middle 70.2%
29.8%
Lower quartile 59.6%
40.4%
2017 Mean pay gap 16.2%

In this organisation, women earned 76p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 1150.0% higher than men's.

Women made up 39.5% of the highest paid quarter and 58.5% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 16.2%
Median hourly pay gap 23.6%
Men receiving bonus 10.8%
Women receiving bonus 1.1%
Mean bonus gap -706.5%
Median bonus gap -1150.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 39.5%
60.5%
Upper-middle 65.0%
35.0%
Lower-middle 70.0%
30.0%
Lower quartile 58.5%
41.5%