Dorset Council

Dorset Council has submitted data every year since 2019, with all 7 submissions on time.

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Last submission received on Wednesday, 25 Mar 2026 at 13:57 UTC.

Employer ID 19687
Company Number N/A
Employer Size 1000 to 4999
Years Submitted
2019202020212022202320242025

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 0.1%

In this organisation, women earned £1.02 for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 65.2% of the highest paid quarter and 62.0% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 0.1%
Median hourly pay gap -1.7%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.1%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 65.2%
34.8%
Upper-middle 66.6%
33.4%
Lower-middle 61.9%
38.1%
Lower quartile 62.0%
38.0%
2024 Mean pay gap -0.9%

In this organisation, women earned £1.02 for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 64.3% of the highest paid quarter and 60.3% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap -0.9%
Median hourly pay gap -1.7%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.1%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 64.3%
35.7%
Upper-middle 68.1%
31.9%
Lower-middle 62.8%
37.2%
Lower quartile 60.3%
39.7%
2023 Mean pay gap 0.2%

In this organisation, women earned £1.02 for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 21.0% higher than men's.

Women made up 63.9% of the highest paid quarter and 60.7% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 0.2%
Median hourly pay gap -1.9%
Men receiving bonus 0.1%
Women receiving bonus 0.1%
Mean bonus gap -21.0%
Median bonus gap -21.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 63.9%
36.1%
Upper-middle 67.8%
32.2%
Lower-middle 63.9%
36.1%
Lower quartile 60.7%
39.3%
2022 Mean pay gap 0.1%

In this organisation, women earned £1.02 for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 100.8% higher than men's.

Women made up 62.5% of the highest paid quarter and 60.3% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 0.1%
Median hourly pay gap -2.0%
Men receiving bonus 0.2%
Women receiving bonus 0.1%
Mean bonus gap -92.3%
Median bonus gap -100.8%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 62.5%
37.5%
Upper-middle 67.8%
32.2%
Lower-middle 64.0%
36.0%
Lower quartile 60.3%
39.7%
2021 Mean pay gap -0.5%

In this organisation, women earned £1.06 for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 60.0% of the highest paid quarter and 55.0% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap -0.5%
Median hourly pay gap -6.1%
Men receiving bonus 0.2%
Women receiving bonus 0.1%
Mean bonus gap -21.2%
Median bonus gap 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 60.0%
40.0%
Upper-middle 69.0%
31.0%
Lower-middle 65.0%
35.0%
Lower quartile 55.0%
45.0%
2020 Mean pay gap 0.1%

In this organisation, women earned £1.06 for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 35.8% higher than men's.

Women made up 61.0% of the highest paid quarter and 56.0% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 0.1%
Median hourly pay gap -6.1%
Men receiving bonus 0.5%
Women receiving bonus 0.1%
Mean bonus gap 1.1%
Median bonus gap -35.8%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 61.0%
39.0%
Upper-middle 66.0%
34.0%
Lower-middle 63.0%
37.0%
Lower quartile 56.0%
44.0%
2019 Mean pay gap 1.4%

In this organisation, women earned £1.05 for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 13.5% lower than men's.

Women made up 59.5% of the highest paid quarter and 56.9% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 1.4%
Median hourly pay gap -4.6%
Men receiving bonus 0.6%
Women receiving bonus 0.1%
Mean bonus gap 16.2%
Median bonus gap 13.5%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 59.5%
40.5%
Upper-middle 67.1%
32.9%
Lower-middle 63.8%
36.2%
Lower quartile 56.9%
43.1%