2023

The gender pay gap is an equality measure that shows the difference in average earnings between women and men.  It is expressed as a percentage of men’s earnings.

The data below represents the gender pay gap snapshot data for Tunbridge Wells Borough Council as at March 2023 and shows some comparisons with last year’s data.

Gender pay gap in hourly pay

Mean gender pay gap in hourly pay

Difference %	11.1%
Difference £	Men earn £2.08 more per hour than women
Trend	1.2% increase from 2022

Median gender pay gap in hourly pay

Difference %	6.5%
Difference £	Men earn £1.06 more per hour than women
Trend	1.3% increase from 2022

Gender Pay Gap calculations are based on:

• All employees on full-pay as of 31 March 2023.  There were 303 full-pay employees (167 female and 136 male) on 31 March 2023.
• An employee’s hourly pay rate, based on a Government definition, which includes their basic pay and allowances.
• Basic pay before tax and any deductions for employee pension contributions and after any deductions for salary sacrifice.

Gender bonus gap

Mean gender bonus gap

Median gender bonus gap

Proportion of males and females who received bonus pay

Gender Bonus Gap calculations are based on:

• All employees employed on 31 March 2023. There were 314 employees (175 female and 139 male) on 31 March 2023. Of these 50 (16%) received bonus pay.
• Bonuses/rewards related to performance (such as long-service awards, employee of the month and thank you vouchers) paid to employees between 1 April 2022 and 31 March 2023.
• Gross values before tax and any deductions for employee pension contributions.

Quartiles

Proportion of males and females in each quartile pay band:

	Quartile 1	Quartile 2	Quartile 3	Quartile 4
Males	43%	38%	45%	52%
Trend	No change	3%	2%	3%
Females	57%	62%	55%	48%
Trend	No change	3%	2%	3%