Gender pay gap in the UK 2025

24th October 2025

The gender pay gap has been decreasing slowly over time; over the last decade it has fallen by more than a quarter among full-time employees, and in April 2025, it stood at 6.9%, down from 7.1% in April 2024.

Men in full-time employment earned more than women in full-time employment in all major occupation groups in April 2025.

The gender pay gap is larger for employees aged 40 years and over than for those aged under 40 years.
The gender pay gap is larger among high-paid employees than among lower-paid employees, and women employees' share in high-paying occupations decreases with age.

The gender pay gap among full-time employees was higher in every English region than it was in Wales, Scotland, or Northern Ireland, in April 2025.

The gender pay gap measures the difference between median hourly earnings (excluding overtime) of men and women, as a proportion of men's median hourly earnings (excluding overtime). It is a measure across all jobs in the UK, not of the difference in pay between men and women for doing the same job.

Read the full ONS report HERE