Royal Shakespeare Company

Royal Shakespeare Company has submitted data every year since 2017, with all 8 submissions on time.

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Last submission received on Thursday, 2 Apr 2026 at 12:19 UTC.

Employer ID 17351
Company Number N/A
Employer Size 500 to 999
Years Submitted
20172018202020212022202320242025

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 16.0%

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

Women made up 56.4% of the highest paid quarter and 72.1% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 16.0%
Median hourly pay gap 11.8%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 56.4%
43.6%
Upper-middle 52.7%
47.3%
Lower-middle 63.6%
36.4%
Lower quartile 72.1%
27.9%
2024 Mean pay gap 15.6%

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

Women made up 54.8% of the highest paid quarter and 73.5% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 15.6%
Median hourly pay gap 13.9%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 54.8%
45.2%
Upper-middle 53.9%
46.1%
Lower-middle 63.5%
36.5%
Lower quartile 73.5%
26.5%
2023 Mean pay gap 13.1%

In this organisation, women earned 83p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 53.9% of the highest paid quarter and 77.2% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 13.1%
Median hourly pay gap 16.6%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 53.9%
46.1%
Upper-middle 51.8%
48.2%
Lower-middle 64.3%
35.7%
Lower quartile 77.2%
22.8%
2022 Mean pay gap 13.7%

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

Women made up 49.0% of the highest paid quarter and 66.0% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 13.7%
Median hourly pay gap 13.3%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 49.0%
51.0%
Upper-middle 51.0%
49.0%
Lower-middle 66.0%
34.0%
Lower quartile 66.0%
34.0%
2021 Mean pay gap -3.3%

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

Women made up 65.0% of the highest paid quarter and 55.0% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap -3.3%
Median hourly pay gap 0.4%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 65.0%
35.0%
Upper-middle 50.0%
50.0%
Lower-middle 62.0%
38.0%
Lower quartile 55.0%
45.0%
2020 Mean pay gap 3.4%

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

Women made up 56.9% of the highest paid quarter and 59.7% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 3.4%
Median hourly pay gap 5.0%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 56.9%
43.1%
Upper-middle 52.6%
47.4%
Lower-middle 62.7%
37.3%
Lower quartile 59.7%
40.3%
2018 Mean pay gap 13.6%

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

Women made up 46.0% of the highest paid quarter and 69.0% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 13.6%
Median hourly pay gap 11.5%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 46.0%
54.0%
Upper-middle 55.0%
45.0%
Lower-middle 55.0%
45.0%
Lower quartile 69.0%
31.0%
2017 Mean pay gap 13.7%

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

Women made up 41.0% of the highest paid quarter and 63.0% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 13.7%
Median hourly pay gap 13.1%
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 41.0%
59.0%
Upper-middle 48.0%
52.0%
Lower-middle 57.0%
43.0%
Lower quartile 63.0%
37.0%