FIRST ESSEX BUSES LIMITED

FIRST ESSEX BUSES LIMITED 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 09:52 UTC.

Employer ID 5011
Company Number 01961457
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 0.6%

In this organisation, women earned 96p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 57.1% lower than men's.

Women made up 8.8% of the highest paid quarter and 18.9% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 0.6%
Median hourly pay gap 3.8%
Men receiving bonus 10.7%
Women receiving bonus 4.7%
Mean bonus gap 23.1%
Median bonus gap 57.1%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 8.8%
91.2%
Upper-middle 11.5%
88.5%
Lower-middle 10.1%
89.9%
Lower quartile 18.9%
81.1%
2024 Mean pay gap 4.5%

In this organisation, women earned 100p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 9.7% of the highest paid quarter and 18.1% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 4.5%
Median hourly pay gap 0.4%
Men receiving bonus 93.7%
Women receiving bonus 90.6%
Mean bonus gap 9.6%
Median bonus gap 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 9.7%
90.3%
Upper-middle 14.1%
85.9%
Lower-middle 11.0%
89.0%
Lower quartile 18.1%
81.9%
2023 Mean pay gap 3.1%

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

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

Women made up 10.1% of the highest paid quarter and 11.7% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 3.1%
Median hourly pay gap 0.8%
Men receiving bonus 31.2%
Women receiving bonus 35.5%
Mean bonus gap 25.4%
Median bonus gap -25.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 10.1%
89.9%
Upper-middle 12.2%
87.8%
Lower-middle 15.2%
84.8%
Lower quartile 11.7%
88.3%
2022 Mean pay gap 4.7%

In this organisation, women earned 100p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 6.0% of the highest paid quarter and 11.5% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 4.7%
Median hourly pay gap 0.1%
Men receiving bonus 89.7%
Women receiving bonus 83.3%
Mean bonus gap 0.0%
Median bonus gap 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 6.0%
94.0%
Upper-middle 14.8%
85.2%
Lower-middle 9.3%
90.7%
Lower quartile 11.5%
88.5%
2021 Mean pay gap 3.0%

In this organisation, women earned 98p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 5.0% of the highest paid quarter and 9.9% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 3.0%
Median hourly pay gap 2.5%
Men receiving bonus 1.1%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%
Mean bonus gap 0.0%
Median bonus gap 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 5.0%
95.0%
Upper-middle 12.1%
87.9%
Lower-middle 8.8%
91.2%
Lower quartile 9.9%
90.1%
2020 Mean pay gap 4.1%

In this organisation, women earned 100p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 7.0% of the highest paid quarter and 10.9% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 4.1%
Median hourly pay gap 0.1%
Men receiving bonus 26.7%
Women receiving bonus 21.6%
Mean bonus gap 39.6%
Median bonus gap 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 7.0%
93.0%
Upper-middle 7.0%
93.0%
Lower-middle 10.9%
89.1%
Lower quartile 10.9%
89.1%
2019 Mean pay gap 3.9%

In this organisation, women earned 100p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 8.1% of the highest paid quarter and 13.2% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 3.9%
Median hourly pay gap 0.4%
Men receiving bonus 29.3%
Women receiving bonus 17.9%
Mean bonus gap 42.9%
Median bonus gap 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 8.1%
91.9%
Upper-middle 9.0%
91.0%
Lower-middle 8.5%
91.5%
Lower quartile 13.2%
86.8%
2018 Mean pay gap 3.0%

In this organisation, women earned 100p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 5.2% of the highest paid quarter and 8.2% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 3.0%
Median hourly pay gap 0.5%
Men receiving bonus 31.9%
Women receiving bonus 25.7%
Mean bonus gap 38.8%
Median bonus gap 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 5.2%
94.8%
Upper-middle 6.1%
93.9%
Lower-middle 11.3%
88.7%
Lower quartile 8.2%
91.8%
2017 Mean pay gap -1.3%

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

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

Women made up 9.8% of the highest paid quarter and 14.0% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap -1.3%
Median hourly pay gap 0.0%
Men receiving bonus 36.4%
Women receiving bonus 29.3%
Mean bonus gap -235.2%
Median bonus gap -25.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 9.8%
90.2%
Upper-middle 7.8%
92.2%
Lower-middle 4.7%
95.3%
Lower quartile 14.0%
86.0%