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Reigate & Banstead Borough Council Gender Pay Gap 2024

Gender balance

• At 31 March 2024 we had a workforce of 523 staff with a gender balance of 55.6% male and 44.4% female. In 2023, the gender balance was 54.8% male and 45.2% female.

Bonus Pay

• Between 1 April 2023 and 31 March 2024, 94.93% of men and 97.03% of women received a bonus. In 2023, 94.02% of men and 87.5% of women received a bonus.

Pay and bonus comparison

Gender pay mean (average)

• For every £1 earned by our male employees, female employees earned £1.18.

Bonus pay mean (average)

• For every £1 of bonus given to male employees, £1.04 was given to female employees.

Difference (gap) between men and women for gender pay and bonus pay as a percentage

• The mean (average) gender pay gap is -17.58% in favour of women. In 2023 it was 14.7% in favour of women.
• The median (middle) gender pay gap is -26.38% in favour of women. In 2023 the figure was also 27.95% in favour of women.
• The mean (average) gender bonus gap is -4.41% in favour of women. In 2023 it was 5.58% in favour of women.
• The median (middle) gender bonus gap is 24.82%. In 2023 it was 0% in favour of men.

Pay quartiles and the proportion of men and women in each pay band

• The proportion of men in the highest paid, upper quartile is 48.46%. In 2023 it was 47.86% men.
• The proportion of women in the highest paid, upper quartile is 51.54%. In 2023 it was 50.69% women.
• The proportion of men in the upper middle quartile is 35.07%. In 2023 it was 35.4% men.
• The proportion of women in the upper middle quartile is 64.93%. In 2023 it was 64.49% women.
• The proportion of men in the lower middle quartile is 52.94%. In 2023 it was 65.63% men.
• The proportion of women in the lower middle quartile is 47.06%. In 2023 it was 34.38% women.
• The proportion of men in the lowest paid, lower quartile is 84.96%. In 2023 it was 75.18% men.
• The proportion of women in the lowest paid, lower quartile is 15.04%. In 2023 it was 24.82% women.