Gender pay gap reporting

The gender pay gap is the difference in average pay between the men and women in your workforce.

It is different to equal pay, which means you must pay men and women the same for equal or similar work.

If you are an employer in the private or voluntary sectors with 250 or more employees, you must publish your gender pay gap data every year. This also applies to specified public-sector employers in England (and a limited number of non-devolved bodies).

This guidance relates to public bodies in England and Great Britain’s private and voluntary bodies only. Find out about the specific duties in Scotland and the specific duties in Wales.

Follow these three steps to calculate and publish your organisation’s gender pay gap information:

• Step 1: find out if you are required to report your gender pay gap
• Step 2: calculate your gender pay gap figures
• Step 3: publish your gender pay gap report

Gender pay gap calculations are based on employer payroll data from a specific date each year, known as the ‘snapshot date’. You must publish your data every year within 12 months of the relevant snapshot date:

• For specified public-sector employers, the snapshot date is 31 March each year. The deadline for reporting and publishing your gender pay gap information is 30 March of the following year.
• For private and voluntary sector employers, the snapshot date is 5 April each year. You must publish your gender pay gap information and written statement by 4 April of the following year.

Report your gender pay gap information on the government’s gender pay gap service.