Manchester City Council

Manchester City Council 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 10:31 UTC.

Employer ID 8048
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 3.2%

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

Women made up 62.3% of the highest paid quarter and 66.2% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 3.2%
Median hourly pay gap 1.4%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 62.3%
37.7%
Upper-middle 66.4%
33.6%
Lower-middle 64.3%
35.7%
Lower quartile 66.2%
33.8%
2024 Mean pay gap 3.4%

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

Women made up 63.1% of the highest paid quarter and 67.0% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 3.4%
Median hourly pay gap 0.7%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 63.1%
36.9%
Upper-middle 66.7%
33.3%
Lower-middle 64.4%
35.6%
Lower quartile 67.0%
33.0%
2023 Mean pay gap 3.6%

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

Women made up 62.0% of the highest paid quarter and 67.3% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 3.6%
Median hourly pay gap 1.1%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 62.0%
38.0%
Upper-middle 66.0%
34.0%
Lower-middle 63.3%
36.7%
Lower quartile 67.3%
32.7%
2022 Mean pay gap 4.6%

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

Women made up 61.3% of the highest paid quarter and 68.8% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 4.6%
Median hourly pay gap 3.1%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 61.3%
38.7%
Upper-middle 65.8%
34.2%
Lower-middle 61.8%
38.2%
Lower quartile 68.8%
31.2%
2021 Mean pay gap 6.6%

In this organisation, women earned 94p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 61.4% of the highest paid quarter and 74.4% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 6.6%
Median hourly pay gap 6.3%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 61.4%
38.6%
Upper-middle 65.4%
34.6%
Lower-middle 63.1%
36.9%
Lower quartile 74.4%
25.6%
2020 Mean pay gap 8.0%

In this organisation, women earned 92p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 59.3% of the highest paid quarter and 76.4% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 8.0%
Median hourly pay gap 7.9%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 59.3%
40.7%
Upper-middle 67.2%
32.8%
Lower-middle 62.0%
38.0%
Lower quartile 76.4%
23.6%
2019 Mean pay gap 8.1%

In this organisation, women earned 90p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 59.3% of the highest paid quarter and 76.1% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 8.1%
Median hourly pay gap 9.8%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 59.3%
40.7%
Upper-middle 66.5%
33.5%
Lower-middle 63.7%
36.3%
Lower quartile 76.1%
23.9%
2018 Mean pay gap 9.0%

In this organisation, women earned 90p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 60.0% of the highest paid quarter and 77.4% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 9.0%
Median hourly pay gap 9.8%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 60.0%
40.0%
Upper-middle 64.2%
35.8%
Lower-middle 62.7%
37.3%
Lower quartile 77.4%
22.6%
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 59.7% of the highest paid quarter and 78.6% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 9.1%
Median hourly pay gap 8.8%
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 59.7%
40.3%
Upper-middle 63.7%
36.3%
Lower-middle 60.8%
39.2%
Lower quartile 78.6%
21.4%