UK women still receive far smaller bonuses than men, payroll data shows
UK women received average annual bonuses of £3,062 against £5,442 for men, with the gap narrowing only slightly year on year.
Women in Britain continue to earn substantially smaller bonuses than men, according to payroll data covering almost 1.5 million employees.
Male workers received average annual bonuses of £5,442, compared with £3,062 for women, the human resources data firm Brightmine said. The figures, based on records as of July this year, show the gap narrowed only slightly from a year earlier.
The disparity also appears in who receives a bonus at all: 14% of male employees were paid one, against 9% of female employees. Overall, 13% of employees received a bonus, unchanged from a year earlier.
The gap widens with age. At 56, men received average bonuses of £8,817, while women received £3,769. Some of the largest differences were recorded in finance and in professional and business services.
Sheila Attwood, HR insights and data lead at Brightmine, said the findings pointed to differences in progression, seniority and access to higher-value incentive schemes.
The study drew on payroll data for almost 1.46 million employees at 1,190 organisations. Separately, Britain's statistics office has estimated that the gap in overall pay between men and women stood at 6.9% in April last year.