Amazon UK reports no median gender pay gap

Amazon UK’s gender pay gap has reported no median gender pay gap, with women earning the same as men, in comparison to the UK average of 17.9% in favour of men. 

The report for its 27,500 permanent UK employees, published on 29th March ahead of the national deadline, uses data from 5th April 2018, with a median gender pay gap of 0% compared to -0.7% in favour of women in last year’s report. 

The latest report shows a mean gender pay gap of 7.1% in favour of men, compared to 6.1% in the 2017 report. 

In 2018, more employees received bonuses, with 60.3% of female employees receiving a bonus (up from 47.5% in 2017) and 58.6% of male employees (up from 45.9% in 2017), with the median bonus gender pay gap reported at 0%, the same as 2017. 

A spokesman for Amazon said: “Amazon has no difference in pay between men and women across our UK workforce. We are committed to building a diverse, merit-based organisation which is reflected in our diversity initiatives and gender pay gap performance. With programmes like Amazon Amplify, we’re continually working to further improve, to actively recruit and help advance more women into senior and technology-focused roles as we grow our business here in the UK.” 

However men dominate every pay bracket, with just 29% of women in the top quartile compared to 30.1% in 2017. Men make up 67.9% of the upper middle quarter, 71.9% of the lower middle quarter and 67.6% of the lowest pay bracket. 

The headline figures are for Amazon's overall UK operations, which includes six different legal entities, including its warehouses all over the country.