Essex County Council
Essex County 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 06:50 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 4.5%
Submitted on Friday, 27 Mar 2026 at 06:50 UTC.
In this organisation, women earned 98p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.
Women's median bonus pay was 277.2% higher than men's.
Women made up 67.0% of the highest paid quarter and 71.0% of the lowest paid quarter.
Pay quartile breakdown
2024 Mean pay gap 5.7%
Submitted on Thursday, 27 Mar 2025 at 08:02 UTC.
In this organisation, women earned 95p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.
Women's median bonus pay was 19.7% lower than men's.
Women made up 68.0% of the highest paid quarter and 73.0% of the lowest paid quarter.
Pay quartile breakdown
2023 Mean pay gap 8.9%
Submitted on Thursday, 28 Mar 2024 at 09:00 UTC.
In this organisation, women earned 89p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.
Women made up 67.0% of the highest paid quarter and 74.0% of the lowest paid quarter.
Pay quartile breakdown
2022 Mean pay gap 8.2%
Submitted on Thursday, 30 Mar 2023 at 09:06 UTC.
In this organisation, women earned 90p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.
Women made up 70.0% of the highest paid quarter and 74.0% of the lowest paid quarter.
Pay quartile breakdown
2021 Mean pay gap 9.0%
Submitted on Wednesday, 30 Mar 2022 at 09:42 UTC.
In this organisation, women earned 89p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.
Women made up 68.0% of the highest paid quarter and 74.0% of the lowest paid quarter.
Pay quartile breakdown
2020 Mean pay gap 9.3%
Submitted on Tuesday, 5 Oct 2021 at 12:03 UTC.
In this organisation, women earned 90p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.
Women's median bonus pay was 14.3% lower than men's.
Women made up 69.0% of the highest paid quarter and 75.0% of the lowest paid quarter.
Pay quartile breakdown
2019 Mean pay gap 9.7%
Submitted on Thursday, 27 Aug 2020 at 09:48 UTC.
In this organisation, women earned 92p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.
Women made up 68.0% of the highest paid quarter and 75.0% of the lowest paid quarter.
Pay quartile breakdown
2018 Mean pay gap 9.9%
Submitted on Monday, 25 Mar 2019 at 11:58 UTC.
In this organisation, women earned 92p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.
Women's median bonus pay was 10.2% higher than men's.
Women made up 74.0% of the highest paid quarter and 68.0% of the lowest paid quarter.
Pay quartile breakdown
2017 Mean pay gap 9.7%
Submitted on Thursday, 29 Mar 2018 at 12:02 UTC.
In this organisation, women earned 90p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.
Women's median bonus pay was 14.5% lower than men's.
Women made up 67.7% of the highest paid quarter and 72.6% of the lowest paid quarter.
Pay quartile breakdown