Gender pay gap report

December 2024

Westminster Abbey has published its gender pay gap statistics

The Gender Pay Gap Regulations, which came into force in April 2017, require organisations with more than 250 employees to collect a snapshot of data about the average pay of men and women and to publish their statistics.

Our figures show that the gender pay gap (mean) is 3.1% (men paid more than women) whereas on the median basis it is -8.8% (in favour of women). This suggests that we are not significantly out of balance in either direction. The Abbey will continue to review this data annually. Of course, for the same job, men and women are paid the same. The Abbey has already begun to review a number of its employment areas, particularly its focus on equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) and the efficiency and effectiveness of its recruitment and hiring processes. In the next six months, key recruitment will take place within the Canons’ and IT departments, and the Abbey will as usual follow a stringent, fair and open recruitment process.

 

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Gender pay gap quartile figures

 

	Number of full pay relevant employees	Number of full pay relevant employees	% per quartile	% per quartile
	Male	Female	Male	Female
Upper quartile	33	23	59	41
Upper middle quartile	26	30	46	54
Lower middle quartile	38	15	72	28
Lower quartile	31	28	52	48