BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC

BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC has submitted data every year since 2017, with all 9 submissions on time.

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Last submission received on Tuesday, 24 Mar 2026 at 15:41 UTC.

Employer ID 2143
Company Number 01984336
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 17.6%

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

Women's median bonus pay was 21.3% lower than men's.

Women made up 63.1% of the highest paid quarter and 80.5% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 17.6%
Median hourly pay gap 17.4%
Men receiving bonus 82.5%
Women receiving bonus 78.9%
Mean bonus gap 53.5%
Median bonus gap 21.3%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 63.1%
36.9%
Upper-middle 71.0%
29.0%
Lower-middle 78.6%
21.4%
Lower quartile 80.5%
19.5%
2024 Mean pay gap 18.3%

In this organisation, women earned 81p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 15.3% lower than men's.

Women made up 63.7% of the highest paid quarter and 84.0% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 18.3%
Median hourly pay gap 19.3%
Men receiving bonus 98.0%
Women receiving bonus 98.0%
Mean bonus gap 49.2%
Median bonus gap 15.3%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 63.7%
36.3%
Upper-middle 69.8%
30.2%
Lower-middle 75.7%
24.3%
Lower quartile 84.0%
16.0%
2023 Mean pay gap 16.5%

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

Women's median bonus pay was 22.4% lower than men's.

Women made up 62.9% of the highest paid quarter and 83.3% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 16.5%
Median hourly pay gap 12.7%
Men receiving bonus 71.4%
Women receiving bonus 69.3%
Mean bonus gap 54.3%
Median bonus gap 22.4%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 62.9%
37.1%
Upper-middle 71.7%
28.3%
Lower-middle 72.6%
27.4%
Lower quartile 83.3%
16.7%
2022 Mean pay gap 19.2%

In this organisation, women earned 80p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 62.6% of the highest paid quarter and 84.9% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 19.2%
Median hourly pay gap 20.5%
Men receiving bonus 71.2%
Women receiving bonus 65.2%
Mean bonus gap 60.8%
Median bonus gap 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 62.6%
37.4%
Upper-middle 75.0%
25.0%
Lower-middle 70.3%
29.6%
Lower quartile 84.9%
15.1%
2021 Mean pay gap 19.3%

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

Women's median bonus pay was 25.0% lower than men's.

Women made up 64.0% of the highest paid quarter and 83.7% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 19.3%
Median hourly pay gap 14.8%
Men receiving bonus 8.2%
Women receiving bonus 7.6%
Mean bonus gap 82.6%
Median bonus gap 25.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 64.0%
36.0%
Upper-middle 69.0%
31.0%
Lower-middle 70.2%
29.8%
Lower quartile 83.7%
16.3%
2020 Mean pay gap 15.6%

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

Women's median bonus pay was 4.0% lower than men's.

Women made up 59.9% of the highest paid quarter and 78.3% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 15.6%
Median hourly pay gap 11.7%
Men receiving bonus 5.9%
Women receiving bonus 4.8%
Mean bonus gap 30.0%
Median bonus gap 4.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 59.9%
40.1%
Upper-middle 68.8%
31.2%
Lower-middle 71.0%
29.0%
Lower quartile 78.3%
21.7%
2019 Mean pay gap 18.3%

In this organisation, women earned 80p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 58.0% of the highest paid quarter and 76.3% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 18.3%
Median hourly pay gap 19.7%
Men receiving bonus 99.4%
Women receiving bonus 98.2%
Mean bonus gap 58.8%
Median bonus gap 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 58.0%
42.0%
Upper-middle 71.8%
28.2%
Lower-middle 75.6%
24.4%
Lower quartile 76.3%
23.7%
2018 Mean pay gap 22.9%

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

Women's median bonus pay was 28.3% lower than men's.

Women made up 56.7% of the highest paid quarter and 81.0% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 22.9%
Median hourly pay gap 21.7%
Men receiving bonus 15.9%
Women receiving bonus 11.9%
Mean bonus gap 56.0%
Median bonus gap 28.3%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 56.7%
43.3%
Upper-middle 66.9%
33.1%
Lower-middle 75.2%
24.8%
Lower quartile 81.0%
19.0%
2017 Mean pay gap 23.3%

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

Women's median bonus pay was 46.0% lower than men's.

Women made up 58.1% of the highest paid quarter and 83.1% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 23.3%
Median hourly pay gap 17.2%
Men receiving bonus 16.0%
Women receiving bonus 8.6%
Mean bonus gap 51.0%
Median bonus gap 46.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 58.1%
41.9%
Upper-middle 67.8%
32.2%
Lower-middle 70.1%
29.9%
Lower quartile 83.1%
16.9%