Essex County Fire & Rescue Service
Essex County Fire & Rescue Service 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 08:38 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 -12.6%
Submitted on Friday, 27 Mar 2026 at 08:38 UTC.
In this organisation, women earned £1.04 for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.
Women made up 24.2% of the highest paid quarter and 14.0% of the lowest paid quarter.
Pay quartile breakdown
2024 Mean pay gap -8.0%
Submitted on Monday, 17 Mar 2025 at 16:39 UTC.
In this organisation, women earned £1.03 for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.
Women made up 24.0% of the highest paid quarter and 22.0% of the lowest paid quarter.
Pay quartile breakdown
2023 Mean pay gap -1.0%
Submitted on Friday, 8 Mar 2024 at 10:45 UTC.
In this organisation, women earned 97p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.
Women made up 20.8% of the highest paid quarter and 28.6% of the lowest paid quarter.
Pay quartile breakdown
2022 Mean pay gap 1.0%
Submitted on Wednesday, 3 May 2023 at 13:40 UTC.
In this organisation, women earned 95p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.
Women made up 20.1% of the highest paid quarter and 30.9% of the lowest paid quarter.
Pay quartile breakdown
2021 Mean pay gap 3.1%
Submitted on Monday, 14 Mar 2022 at 11:08 UTC.
In this organisation, women earned 92p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.
Women made up 19.5% of the highest paid quarter and 32.9% of the lowest paid quarter.
Pay quartile breakdown
2020 Mean pay gap 2.4%
Submitted on Wednesday, 17 Mar 2021 at 18:24 UTC.
In this organisation, women earned 92p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.
Women made up 16.4% of the highest paid quarter and 30.7% of the lowest paid quarter.
Pay quartile breakdown
2019 Mean pay gap 7.3%
Submitted on Thursday, 8 Oct 2020 at 08:44 UTC.
In this organisation, women earned 89p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.
Women made up 12.1% of the highest paid quarter and 31.3% of the lowest paid quarter.
Pay quartile breakdown
2018 Mean pay gap 7.1%
Submitted on Thursday, 21 Mar 2019 at 16:55 UTC.
In this organisation, women earned 91p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.
Women made up 13.0% of the highest paid quarter and 30.1% of the lowest paid quarter.
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2017 Mean pay gap 15.6%
Submitted on Thursday, 29 Mar 2018 at 13:01 UTC.
In this organisation, women earned 87p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.
Women made up 6.7% of the highest paid quarter and 27.1% of the lowest paid quarter.
Pay quartile breakdown