Waltham Forest Council

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

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Last submission received on Friday, 27 Mar 2026 at 14:46 UTC.

Employer ID 16804
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 9.5%

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

Women made up 75.6% of the highest paid quarter and 60.4% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 9.5%
Median hourly pay gap 8.1%
Men receiving bonus 0.4%
Women receiving bonus 0.8%
Mean bonus gap 0.0%
Median bonus gap 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 75.6%
24.4%
Upper-middle 68.1%
31.9%
Lower-middle 66.5%
33.5%
Lower quartile 60.4%
39.6%
2024 Mean pay gap 10.5%

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

Women made up 59.1% of the highest paid quarter and 74.3% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 10.5%
Median hourly pay gap 8.3%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 59.1%
40.9%
Upper-middle 68.4%
31.6%
Lower-middle 71.6%
28.4%
Lower quartile 74.3%
25.7%
2023 Mean pay gap 11.9%

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

Women made up 56.8% of the highest paid quarter and 73.2% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 11.9%
Median hourly pay gap 9.1%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 56.8%
43.2%
Upper-middle 67.7%
32.3%
Lower-middle 71.5%
28.5%
Lower quartile 73.2%
26.8%
2022 Mean pay gap 13.6%

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

Women made up 57.6% of the highest paid quarter and 74.2% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 13.6%
Median hourly pay gap 9.3%
Men receiving bonus 0.1%
Women receiving bonus 0.2%
Mean bonus gap 0.0%
Median bonus gap 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 57.6%
42.4%
Upper-middle 64.5%
35.5%
Lower-middle 71.6%
28.4%
Lower quartile 74.2%
25.8%
2021 Mean pay gap 14.6%

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

Women made up 56.0% of the highest paid quarter and 74.0% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 14.6%
Median hourly pay gap 11.7%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.1%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 56.0%
44.0%
Upper-middle 65.3%
34.7%
Lower-middle 72.9%
27.1%
Lower quartile 74.0%
26.0%
2020 Mean pay gap 12.0%

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

Women made up 58.6% of the highest paid quarter and 73.1% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 12.0%
Median hourly pay gap 9.5%
Men receiving bonus 0.2%
Women receiving bonus 0.2%
Mean bonus gap 0.0%
Median bonus gap 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 58.6%
41.4%
Upper-middle 64.7%
35.3%
Lower-middle 71.6%
28.4%
Lower quartile 73.1%
26.9%
2019 Mean pay gap 13.0%

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

Women made up 58.1% of the highest paid quarter and 74.7% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 13.0%
Median hourly pay gap 9.9%
Men receiving bonus 0.8%
Women receiving bonus 0.7%
Mean bonus gap 0.0%
Median bonus gap 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 58.1%
41.9%
Upper-middle 66.2%
33.8%
Lower-middle 74.8%
25.2%
Lower quartile 74.7%
25.3%
2018 Mean pay gap 13.5%

In this organisation, women earned 86p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 60.0% of the highest paid quarter and 76.0% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 13.5%
Median hourly pay gap 14.0%
Men receiving bonus 0.1%
Women receiving bonus 1.4%
Mean bonus gap 5.9%
Median bonus gap 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 60.0%
40.0%
Upper-middle 68.0%
32.0%
Lower-middle 74.0%
26.0%
Lower quartile 76.0%
24.0%
2017 Mean pay gap 12.8%

In this organisation, women earned 89p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 58.5% of the highest paid quarter and 75.0% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 12.8%
Median hourly pay gap 11.5%
Men receiving bonus 0.6%
Women receiving bonus 0.7%
Mean bonus gap 0.0%
Median bonus gap 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 58.5%
41.5%
Upper-middle 66.0%
34.0%
Lower-middle 75.4%
24.6%
Lower quartile 75.0%
25.0%