Birmingham City Council

Birmingham City Council has submitted data every year since 2017. 1 of 9 submissions were filed after the deadline.

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Last submission received on Monday, 13 Oct 2025 at 10:28 UTC.

Employer ID 574
Company Number N/A
Employer Size 5000 to 19,999
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 1.7%

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

Women made up 57.9% of the highest paid quarter and 63.3% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 1.7%
Median hourly pay gap 0.1%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 57.9%
42.1%
Upper-middle 56.5%
43.5%
Lower-middle 55.4%
44.6%
Lower quartile 63.3%
36.7%
2024 Mean pay gap 2.7%

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

Women made up 57.4% of the highest paid quarter and 64.8% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 2.7%
Median hourly pay gap 0.1%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 57.4%
42.6%
Upper-middle 55.8%
44.2%
Lower-middle 55.7%
44.3%
Lower quartile 64.8%
35.2%
2023 Mean pay gap 2.8%

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

Women made up 57.0% of the highest paid quarter and 63.1% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 2.8%
Median hourly pay gap 0.9%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 57.0%
43.0%
Upper-middle 56.6%
43.4%
Lower-middle 56.2%
43.8%
Lower quartile 63.1%
36.9%
2022 Mean pay gap 3.1%

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

Women made up 62.0% of the highest paid quarter and 58.0% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 3.1%
Median hourly pay gap 4.4%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 62.0%
38.0%
Upper-middle 55.0%
45.0%
Lower-middle 56.0%
44.0%
Lower quartile 58.0%
42.0%
2021 Mean pay gap 3.9% Late submission

In this organisation, women earned 95p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 56.0% of the highest paid quarter and 62.0% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 3.9%
Median hourly pay gap 4.7%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 56.0%
44.0%
Upper-middle 57.0%
43.0%
Lower-middle 58.0%
42.0%
Lower quartile 62.0%
38.0%
2020 Mean pay gap 4.8%

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

Women made up 56.0% of the highest paid quarter and 65.0% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 4.8%
Median hourly pay gap 3.9%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 56.0%
44.0%
Upper-middle 54.0%
46.0%
Lower-middle 60.0%
40.0%
Lower quartile 65.0%
35.0%
2019 Mean pay gap 6.4%

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

Women made up 58.0% of the highest paid quarter and 71.0% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 6.4%
Median hourly pay gap 4.5%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 58.0%
42.0%
Upper-middle 54.0%
46.0%
Lower-middle 61.0%
39.0%
Lower quartile 71.0%
29.0%
2018 Mean pay gap 9.3%

In this organisation, women earned 91p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 59.0% of the highest paid quarter and 75.0% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 9.3%
Median hourly pay gap 9.0%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 59.0%
41.0%
Upper-middle 57.0%
43.0%
Lower-middle 67.0%
33.0%
Lower quartile 75.0%
25.0%
2017 Mean pay gap 9.1%

In this organisation, women earned 91p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 63.0% of the highest paid quarter and 78.0% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 9.1%
Median hourly pay gap 9.2%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%
Mean bonus gap 0.0%
Median bonus gap 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 63.0%
37.0%
Upper-middle 62.0%
38.0%
Lower-middle 65.0%
35.0%
Lower quartile 78.0%
22.0%