Anglian Water has reported a mean ethnicity pay gap of 8.4%, up from 6.7% in 2023.
The water supplier’s median ethnicity pay gap was 6.2%, up 0.3% from 5.9% in 2023. Its mean ethnicity bonus gap was 50.4%, up from 48.8% in 2023, and its median ethnicity bonus gap was 49.6%, down from 57.4% the year prior. A total of 95.8% of white and 91.7% of ethnic minority employees received a bonus that year.
Its mean gender pay gap for 2024 was 4.9%, down from 6.5% in 2023, and its median gender pay gap was 11.6%, down from 14% the year prior. Its mean gender bonus gap for the year was 9.5%, down from 13.5% in 2023, and its median gender bonus gap was 6.5%, down from 14.8% the previous year.
Anglian Water’s lower pay quartile comprises 91.8% white employees and 8.2% ethnic minority staff. Its gender split is 48.5% male and 51.5% female. Its upper pay quartile consists of 94.8% white employees and 5.2% ethnic minority staff, with 65.7% male and 34.3% female staff.
The number of employees who recorded their ethnicity rose from 32% in 2020 to 73% in 2024. Meanwhile, the organisation has a higher percentage of males than females in senior positions, at 57.7% and 42.3% respectively. Fewer female and ethnic minority workers received bonuses due to a higher percentage of these groups being new employees.
Mark Thurston, chief executive officer at Anglian Water, said: “We’ve made progress in understanding, supporting and celebrating diversity in our workforce in the face of challenges such as Covid-19, the cost-of-living crisis and the accelerating impact of climate change. Our approach will, as always, be rooted in our values of doing the right thing, building trust and always exploring. We fundamentally believe that embedding diversity and inclusion helps drive business performance and supports our purpose to bring environmental and social prosperity to the region we serve.”
