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Environment Agency: pay gap

Data on average earnings at the Environment Agency, showing pay differences by gender, disability, ethnicity, religion and belief, and sexual orientation.

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The reports provide data on the pay gap at the Environment Agency and contains:

  • an overview of the Environment Agency pay gap
  • Environment Agency pay gap comparison with UK-wide data
  • an explanation of pay gap terminology
  • details on how the Environment Agency has improved diversity to date
  • summary of initiatives to improve diversity in the future
  • ordinary hourly and bonus pay gap descriptions for gender, disability, race, religion and belief and sexual orientation

Updates to this page

Published 16 January 2018
Last updated 20 March 2026 show all updates
  1. 1) Added the Environment Agency: pay gap 2025 report. 2) Added the Environment Agency pay gap: correction report 2022 to 2025. 3) Added correction notes to 2022 to 2024 reports. 4) Removed 2017 to 2021 reports in line with the 3-year online retention requirement.

  2. Added the Environment Agency pay gap 2024 report

  3. Added the 2023 pay gap report.

  4. Added the 2022 pay gap report.

  5. Environment Agency pay gap report for 2021 published.

  6. Published the Environment Agency pay gap report for 2020.

  7. Added the 2019 data.

  8. Religion and belief figures corrected. When processing the figures for our 18/19 pay gap report, it has been realised that the figures for religion and belief were published incorrectly as follows: • Mean: originally published as 0.8%, correct figure -0.8% • Median: originally published as -2.1%, correct figure 2.0% • Bonus mean: originally published as 1%, correct figure -1.0% • Bonus median: originally published as -2.6%, correct figure 2.5% The report has now been corrected accordingly.

  9. Race figures corrected. When processing the figures for our 18/19 pay gap report, it has been realised that the figures for religion and belief were published incorrectly as follows: • Mean: originally published as 0.8%, correct figure -0.8% • Median: originally published as -2.1%, correct figure 2.0% • Bonus mean: originally published as 1%, correct figure -1.0% • Bonus median: originally published as -2.6%, correct figure 2.5% The report has now been corrected accordingly

  10. 2018 pay gap report added. This includes data on gender, disability, race, religion and belief, sexual orientation.

  11. First published.

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