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LGBTQ+ Pay Gap

View the 2024 pay gap reporting on LGBTQ+ at Northumbria

There is no statutory duty to analyse or report on LGBTQ+ pay gap, but for the first year we included this in our analysis, in line with our ambition to drive eliminate all pay gaps.

In total 4.3% of staff (101 women and 70 men) report their sexual orientation as being either lesbian, gay, bisexual or another sexual orientation. 32.7% report their sexual orientation as heterosexual. A large majority, 63.1%, have not provided this information. The LGBTQ+ pay gap refers to the difference in average hourly pay between LGBTQ+ employees and heterosexual employees. The overall mean (average) LGBTQ+ pay gap is 4.6% and the median LGBTQ+ pay gap is 6.9%. Both are some way narrower than the gender pay gaps, but the median gap is statistically significant and the mean gap very close to being so, although the high level of non-disclosure means the figures should be treated with caution.

LGBTQ+ pay gap 2024

 

Mean

Median

LGBTQ+ staff

£22.39

£19.73

Heterosexual staff

£23.47

£21.19

£ difference

£1.08

£1.47

LGBTQ+ pay gap

4.6%

6.9%

Table 14

Looking more closely at the LGBTQ+ pay gap by staff group this is wider for professional staff than it is for academic staff.

LGBTQ+ pay gap by staff group 2024

 

Mean

Median

Academic staff

2.6%

4.0%

Professional staff

3.5%

10.5%

Table 15

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