Women still paid less than men at four out of five employers in Great Britain

Demonstrators hold an End the Gender Pay Gap banner during a University and College Union strike and protest in London in 2021. Photograph: Vuk Valcic/Sopa Images/Rex/Shutterstock

Four out of five companies and organisations in Great Britain still pay their male employees more than female ones, according to Guardian analysis of the government’s gender pay gap reporting.

The median pay gap remains stubbornly wide at 9.4% – the same level as in 2017-18, when employers were first required to publish the information. About 10,000 companies and public bodies filed their gender pay gaps to the government’s reporting mechanism before this week’s deadline.