WATERSTONES BOOKSELLERS LIMITED
WATERSTONES BOOKSELLERS LIMITED has submitted data every year since 2017, with all 8 submissions on time.
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Last submission received on Tuesday, 31 Mar 2026 at 13:32 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 16.0%
Submitted on Tuesday, 31 Mar 2026 at 13:32 UTC.
In this organisation, women earned 95p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.
Women's median bonus pay was 20.0% lower than men's.
Women made up 46.2% of the highest paid quarter and 75.4% of the lowest paid quarter.
Pay quartile breakdown
2024 Mean pay gap 16.0%
Submitted on Tuesday, 13 May 2025 at 09:05 UTC.
In this organisation, women earned 90p 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 46.1% of the highest paid quarter and 76.5% of the lowest paid quarter.
Pay quartile breakdown
2023 Mean pay gap 15.5%
Submitted on Monday, 26 Feb 2024 at 17:38 UTC.
In this organisation, women earned 91p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.
Women made up 47.0% of the highest paid quarter and 77.3% of the lowest paid quarter.
Pay quartile breakdown
2022 Mean pay gap 14.3%
Submitted on Thursday, 11 May 2023 at 07:29 UTC.
In this organisation, women earned 93p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.
Women's median bonus pay was 33.3% lower than men's.
Women made up 46.7% of the highest paid quarter and 75.4% of the lowest paid quarter.
Pay quartile breakdown
2021 Mean pay gap 6.7%
Submitted on Monday, 4 Apr 2022 at 15:24 UTC.
In this organisation, women earned 88p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.
Women made up 35.2% of the highest paid quarter and 52.4% of the lowest paid quarter.
Pay quartile breakdown
2020 Mean pay gap 13.3%
Submitted on Monday, 4 Oct 2021 at 13:34 UTC.
In this organisation, women earned 93p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.
Women's median bonus pay was 20.5% lower than men's.
Women made up 45.3% of the highest paid quarter and 74.5% of the lowest paid quarter.
Pay quartile breakdown
2018 Mean pay gap 11.7%
Submitted on Tuesday, 2 Apr 2019 at 11:31 UTC.
In this organisation, women earned 95p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.
Women's median bonus pay was 8.3% lower than men's.
Women made up 45.1% of the highest paid quarter and 67.6% of the lowest paid quarter.
Pay quartile breakdown
2017 Mean pay gap 13.9%
Submitted on Thursday, 29 Mar 2018 at 14:00 UTC.
In this organisation, women earned 96p 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 46.8% of the highest paid quarter and 66.3% of the lowest paid quarter.
Pay quartile breakdown