Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council
Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council has submitted data every year since 2017, with all 9 submissions on time.
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Last submission received on Wednesday, 18 Mar 2026 at 09:46 UTC.
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 3.2%
Submitted on Wednesday, 18 Mar 2026 at 09:46 UTC.
In this organisation, women earned 97p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.
Women made up 71.0% of the highest paid quarter and 77.0% of the lowest paid quarter.
Pay quartile breakdown
2024 Mean pay gap 4.8%
Submitted on Tuesday, 18 Mar 2025 at 11:19 UTC.
In this organisation, women earned 94p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.
Women made up 70.0% of the highest paid quarter and 78.0% of the lowest paid quarter.
Pay quartile breakdown
2023 Mean pay gap 6.3%
Submitted on Monday, 18 Mar 2024 at 14:00 UTC.
In this organisation, women earned 90p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.
Women made up 69.1% of the highest paid quarter and 80.8% of the lowest paid quarter.
Pay quartile breakdown
2022 Mean pay gap 4.8%
Submitted on Tuesday, 21 Mar 2023 at 16:53 UTC.
In this organisation, women earned 93p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.
Women made up 71.3% of the highest paid quarter and 80.5% of the lowest paid quarter.
Pay quartile breakdown
2021 Mean pay gap 5.1%
Submitted on Thursday, 17 Mar 2022 at 12:06 UTC.
In this organisation, women earned 92p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.
Women made up 70.8% of the highest paid quarter and 81.4% of the lowest paid quarter.
Pay quartile breakdown
2020 Mean pay gap 5.4%
Submitted on Monday, 4 Oct 2021 at 09:23 UTC.
In this organisation, women earned 93p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.
Women made up 69.6% of the highest paid quarter and 82.2% of the lowest paid quarter.
Pay quartile breakdown
2019 Mean pay gap 6.1%
Submitted on Tuesday, 24 Mar 2020 at 08:26 UTC.
In this organisation, women earned 91p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.
Women made up 68.4% of the highest paid quarter and 80.8% of the lowest paid quarter.
Pay quartile breakdown
2018 Mean pay gap 6.1%
Submitted on Thursday, 28 Mar 2019 at 10:44 UTC.
In this organisation, women earned 89p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.
Women made up 69.4% of the highest paid quarter and 80.1% of the lowest paid quarter.
Pay quartile breakdown
2017 Mean pay gap 6.0%
Submitted on Friday, 23 Mar 2018 at 13:41 UTC.
In this organisation, women earned 89p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.
Women made up 70.4% of the highest paid quarter and 80.6% of the lowest paid quarter.
Pay quartile breakdown