Guardian reports 11.3% gender pay gap

The gender pay gap at Guardian News & Media is 11.3% – calculated by mean hourly pay – the company has reported as part of the government’s compulsory gender pay gap initiative.

GNM said 65% of its top-paid workers are men, while 57% of the lowest paid are women. The pay gap is similar to the BBC, where women earn an average of 10.7% less. Earlier on Wednesday, ITN reported a 19.6% pay gap.

When the GNM figures are broken down between editorial and non-editorial roles, they show a gender pay gap in editorial of 7.4%. The figure widens in non-editorial roles, where the hourly pay gap is 17.2%.

In a joint statement, Katharine Viner, the editor-in-chief, and David Pemsel, the chief executive, said their aim was to achieve a 50:50 gender balance in the top half of the organisation within five years.

Source: theguardian