Hereford & Worcester Fire & Rescue Service

Hereford & Worcester Fire & Rescue Service has submitted data every year since 2017, with all 9 submissions on time.

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Last submission received on Monday, 16 Feb 2026 at 10:58 UTC.

Employer ID 6108
Company Number N/A
Employer Size 500 to 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 5.1%

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

Women made up 15.8% of the highest paid quarter and 33.1% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 5.1%
Median hourly pay gap 2.5%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 15.8%
84.2%
Upper-middle 17.5%
82.5%
Lower-middle 13.6%
86.4%
Lower quartile 33.1%
66.9%
2024 Mean pay gap 4.0%

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

Women made up 17.0% of the highest paid quarter and 30.0% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 4.0%
Median hourly pay gap 2.0%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 17.0%
83.0%
Upper-middle 15.0%
85.0%
Lower-middle 16.0%
84.0%
Lower quartile 30.0%
70.0%
2023 Mean pay gap 5.0%

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

Women made up 18.0% of the highest paid quarter and 34.0% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 5.0%
Median hourly pay gap 5.0%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 18.0%
82.0%
Upper-middle 13.0%
87.0%
Lower-middle 12.0%
88.0%
Lower quartile 34.0%
66.0%
2022 Mean pay gap 7.0%

In this organisation, women earned 97p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 16.0% of the highest paid quarter and 25.0% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 7.0%
Median hourly pay gap 3.0%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 16.0%
84.0%
Upper-middle 11.0%
89.0%
Lower-middle 16.0%
84.0%
Lower quartile 25.0%
75.0%
2021 Mean pay gap 6.0%

In this organisation, women earned 97p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 15.0% of the highest paid quarter and 28.0% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 6.0%
Median hourly pay gap 3.0%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 15.0%
85.0%
Upper-middle 11.0%
89.0%
Lower-middle 15.0%
85.0%
Lower quartile 28.0%
72.0%
2020 Mean pay gap 6.0%

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

Women made up 15.0% of the highest paid quarter and 20.0% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 6.0%
Median hourly pay gap 0.0%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 15.0%
85.0%
Upper-middle 11.0%
89.0%
Lower-middle 19.0%
81.0%
Lower quartile 20.0%
80.0%
2019 Mean pay gap 28.4%

In this organisation, women earned 74p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 4.7% of the highest paid quarter and 31.8% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 28.4%
Median hourly pay gap 26.3%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 4.7%
95.3%
Upper-middle 5.8%
94.2%
Lower-middle 17.5%
82.5%
Lower quartile 31.8%
68.2%
2018 Mean pay gap 32.2%

In this organisation, women earned 71p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 5.5% of the highest paid quarter and 35.6% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 32.2%
Median hourly pay gap 29.4%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 5.5%
94.5%
Upper-middle 3.3%
96.7%
Lower-middle 13.3%
86.7%
Lower quartile 35.6%
64.4%
2017 Mean pay gap 25.8%

In this organisation, women earned 76p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 2.9% of the highest paid quarter and 45.1% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 25.8%
Median hourly pay gap 23.6%
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 2.9%
97.1%
Upper-middle 14.6%
85.4%
Lower-middle 19.4%
80.6%
Lower quartile 45.1%
54.9%