Maidstone Borough Council

Maidstone Borough Council has submitted data every year since 2017, with all 9 submissions on time.

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Last submission received on Tuesday, 17 Feb 2026 at 13:57 UTC.

Employer ID 8010
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 3.0%

In this organisation, women earned £1.03 for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 11.1% higher than men's.

Women made up 46.7% of the highest paid quarter and 41.6% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 3.0%
Median hourly pay gap -2.8%
Men receiving bonus 2.1%
Women receiving bonus 3.8%
Mean bonus gap -50.8%
Median bonus gap -11.1%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 46.7%
53.3%
Upper-middle 67.9%
32.1%
Lower-middle 75.9%
24.1%
Lower quartile 41.6%
58.4%
2024 Mean pay gap 3.0%

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

Women's median bonus pay was 33.3% higher than men's.

Women made up 46.7% of the highest paid quarter and 41.6% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 3.0%
Median hourly pay gap 1.6%
Men receiving bonus 13.9%
Women receiving bonus 12.0%
Mean bonus gap -46.9%
Median bonus gap -33.3%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 46.7%
53.3%
Upper-middle 67.9%
32.1%
Lower-middle 75.9%
24.1%
Lower quartile 41.6%
58.4%
2023 Mean pay gap 0.2%

In this organisation, women earned £1.05 for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 47.6% of the highest paid quarter and 40.5% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 0.2%
Median hourly pay gap -4.6%
Men receiving bonus 13.9%
Women receiving bonus 13.1%
Mean bonus gap -8.1%
Median bonus gap 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 47.6%
52.4%
Upper-middle 68.8%
31.2%
Lower-middle 72.8%
27.2%
Lower quartile 40.5%
59.5%
2022 Mean pay gap 1.9%

In this organisation, women earned £1.03 for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 45.7% of the highest paid quarter and 37.4% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 1.9%
Median hourly pay gap -3.0%
Men receiving bonus 10.4%
Women receiving bonus 10.9%
Mean bonus gap 4.4%
Median bonus gap 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 45.7%
54.3%
Upper-middle 69.2%
30.8%
Lower-middle 72.9%
27.1%
Lower quartile 37.4%
62.6%
2021 Mean pay gap 5.5%

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

Women made up 39.4% of the highest paid quarter and 38.0% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 5.5%
Median hourly pay gap 5.2%
Men receiving bonus 14.0%
Women receiving bonus 11.1%
Mean bonus gap 68.0%
Median bonus gap 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 39.4%
60.6%
Upper-middle 65.9%
34.1%
Lower-middle 70.9%
29.1%
Lower quartile 38.0%
62.0%
2020 Mean pay gap 6.4%

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

Women's median bonus pay was 40.0% lower than men's.

Women made up 39.4% of the highest paid quarter and 42.1% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 6.4%
Median hourly pay gap 3.5%
Men receiving bonus 6.2%
Women receiving bonus 8.0%
Mean bonus gap 33.0%
Median bonus gap 40.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 39.4%
60.6%
Upper-middle 64.7%
35.3%
Lower-middle 70.5%
29.5%
Lower quartile 42.1%
57.9%
2019 Mean pay gap 5.2%

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

Women's median bonus pay was 100.0% lower than men's.

Women made up 41.4% of the highest paid quarter and 39.5% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 5.2%
Median hourly pay gap 3.9%
Men receiving bonus 1.3%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%
Mean bonus gap 100.0%
Median bonus gap 100.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 41.4%
58.6%
Upper-middle 63.6%
36.4%
Lower-middle 71.3%
28.7%
Lower quartile 39.5%
60.5%
2018 Mean pay gap 8.2%

In this organisation, women earned 93p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 100.0% lower than men's.

Women made up 39.5% of the highest paid quarter and 47.3% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 8.2%
Median hourly pay gap 7.5%
Men receiving bonus 2.5%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%
Mean bonus gap 100.0%
Median bonus gap 100.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 39.5%
60.5%
Upper-middle 63.1%
36.9%
Lower-middle 68.5%
31.5%
Lower quartile 47.3%
52.7%
2017 Mean pay gap 5.4%

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

Women's median bonus pay was 100.0% lower than men's.

Women made up 37.9% of the highest paid quarter and 36.8% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 5.4%
Median hourly pay gap 4.9%
Men receiving bonus 3.6%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%
Mean bonus gap 100.0%
Median bonus gap 100.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 37.9%
62.1%
Upper-middle 62.4%
37.6%
Lower-middle 70.7%
29.3%
Lower quartile 36.8%
63.2%