Arts and recreation · 250 to 499 staff

Royal Albert Hall

Last year's median gap 9.3%

Key figures

7.2%median hourly pay gap (sector median 2.6%)

46.8%of the top pay quartile are women

12.4%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	7.2%	2.6%	8.0%
Mean hourly pay gap	5.4%	9.4%	10.6%
Median bonus gap	12.4%	15.6%	13.9%
Women paid a bonus	94.7%	9.0%	22.0%
Men paid a bonus	97.1%	17.6%	23.0%
Women in the top pay quartile	46.8%	41.4%	40.6%
Women in the lowest pay quartile	59.6%	51.0%	56.3%
Women in the workforce (from quartiles)	51.2%	47.3%	48.8%

A positive gap means men are paid more; a negative gap means women are. Sector: Arts and recreation (261 employers).

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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.