Information and communication · 500 to 999 staff

Economist Newspaper Limited(The)

Company number 00236383 · Last year's median gap 19.4%

Key figures

17.2%median hourly pay gap (sector median 14.0%)

38.5%of the top pay quartile are women

31.3%median bonus gap

Measure	This employer	Sector median	All employers
Median hourly pay gap how much less women earn per hour than men, at the median	17.2%	14.0%	8.0%
Mean hourly pay gap	13.8%	14.9%	10.6%
Median bonus gap	31.3%	21.1%	13.9%
Women paid a bonus	81.5%	76.0%	22.0%
Men paid a bonus	78.4%	76.2%	23.0%
Women in the top pay quartile	38.5%	24.1%	40.6%
Women in the lowest pay quartile	61.9%	44.7%	56.3%
Women in the workforce (from quartiles)	49.4%	32.6%	48.8%

A positive gap means men are paid more; a negative gap means women are. Sector: Information and communication (630 employers). The employer's own statement

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Source: UK Gender Pay Gap Service, 2025-26 reports (open data, Open Government Licence v3.0). Every employer with 250 or more staff reports its gender pay gap each year. Compiled by The Hardest Market.