Arts and recreation · 500 to 999 staff

Royal Shakespeare Company

Last year's median gap 13.9%

Key figures

11.8%median hourly pay gap (sector median 2.6%)

56.4%of the top pay quartile are women

–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	11.8%	2.6%	8.0%
Mean hourly pay gap	16.0%	9.4%	10.6%
Women paid a bonus	0.0%	9.0%	22.0%
Men paid a bonus	0.0%	17.6%	23.0%
Women in the top pay quartile	56.4%	41.4%	40.6%
Women in the lowest pay quartile	72.1%	51.0%	56.3%
Women in the workforce (from quartiles)	61.2%	47.3%	48.8%

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