Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council

Barnsley Metropolitan Borough 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 17:04 UTC.

Employer ID 276
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 -0.3%

In this organisation, women earned £1.04 for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 70.9% of the highest paid quarter and 69.7% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap -0.3%
Median hourly pay gap -3.9%
Men receiving bonus 1.4%
Women receiving bonus 3.7%
Mean bonus gap 13.7%
Median bonus gap 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 70.9%
29.1%
Upper-middle 69.3%
30.7%
Lower-middle 63.9%
36.1%
Lower quartile 69.7%
30.3%
2024 Mean pay gap -0.2%

In this organisation, women earned £1.04 for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 48.0% lower than men's.

Women made up 70.8% of the highest paid quarter and 69.1% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap -0.2%
Median hourly pay gap -4.1%
Men receiving bonus 0.6%
Women receiving bonus 1.7%
Mean bonus gap 62.4%
Median bonus gap 48.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 70.8%
29.2%
Upper-middle 67.5%
32.5%
Lower-middle 64.4%
35.6%
Lower quartile 69.1%
30.9%
2023 Mean pay gap -0.9%

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

Women's median bonus pay was 100.0% higher than men's.

Women made up 70.5% of the highest paid quarter and 69.9% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap -0.9%
Median hourly pay gap -1.8%
Men receiving bonus 1.1%
Women receiving bonus 3.4%
Mean bonus gap -6.8%
Median bonus gap -100.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 70.5%
29.5%
Upper-middle 67.3%
32.7%
Lower-middle 65.1%
34.9%
Lower quartile 69.9%
30.1%
2022 Mean pay gap 3.4%

In this organisation, women and men earned the same median hourly pay.

Women made up 65.0% of the highest paid quarter and 70.1% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 3.4%
Median hourly pay gap 0.0%
Men receiving bonus 0.8%
Women receiving bonus 1.4%
Mean bonus gap 39.9%
Median bonus gap 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 65.0%
35.0%
Upper-middle 67.4%
32.6%
Lower-middle 65.6%
34.4%
Lower quartile 70.1%
29.9%
2021 Mean pay gap 3.3%

In this organisation, women and men earned the same median hourly pay.

Women made up 65.2% of the highest paid quarter and 68.9% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 3.3%
Median hourly pay gap 0.0%
Men receiving bonus 0.5%
Women receiving bonus 0.8%
Mean bonus gap -100.0%
Median bonus gap 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 65.2%
34.8%
Upper-middle 68.4%
31.6%
Lower-middle 67.2%
32.8%
Lower quartile 68.9%
31.1%
2020 Mean pay gap 4.1%

In this organisation, women earned 99p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 65.7% of the highest paid quarter and 69.8% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 4.1%
Median hourly pay gap 0.8%
Men receiving bonus 1.4%
Women receiving bonus 1.1%
Mean bonus gap 48.6%
Median bonus gap 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 65.7%
34.3%
Upper-middle 67.3%
32.7%
Lower-middle 69.6%
30.4%
Lower quartile 69.8%
30.2%
2019 Mean pay gap 6.5%

In this organisation, women and men earned the same median hourly pay.

Women made up 66.3% of the highest paid quarter and 73.9% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 6.5%
Median hourly pay gap 0.0%
Men receiving bonus 2.2%
Women receiving bonus 1.5%
Mean bonus gap 42.2%
Median bonus gap 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 66.3%
33.7%
Upper-middle 66.9%
33.1%
Lower-middle 68.2%
31.8%
Lower quartile 73.9%
26.1%
2018 Mean pay gap 6.1%

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

Women made up 64.5% of the highest paid quarter and 74.5% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 6.1%
Median hourly pay gap 9.6%
Men receiving bonus 2.2%
Women receiving bonus 1.4%
Mean bonus gap -134.7%
Median bonus gap 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 64.5%
35.5%
Upper-middle 67.9%
32.1%
Lower-middle 65.8%
34.2%
Lower quartile 74.5%
25.5%
2017 Mean pay gap 8.1%

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

Women made up 63.8% of the highest paid quarter and 74.3% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 8.1%
Median hourly pay gap 12.4%
Men receiving bonus 1.2%
Women receiving bonus 1.3%
Mean bonus gap -74.7%
Median bonus gap 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 63.8%
36.2%
Upper-middle 66.5%
33.5%
Lower-middle 68.7%
31.3%
Lower quartile 74.3%
25.7%