Banking organisation Barclays has reported a 28.4% mean gender pay gap for 2025, down 1.8% from its 2024 figure.
Its median gender pay gap for 2025 was 27.7%, down 2% from 2024. Its lower pay quartile comprises 61% female employees and 39% males, while its upper quartile is 33% female and 67% male.
The organisation’s mean gender bonus gap for 2025 was 65.2%, up 1.8% from 2024, and its median gap was 50%, down 6.8% from the year prior. A total of 96% of female employees and 95.4% of male staff received a bonus in 2025.
Barclays’s mean ethnicity pay gap for Asian staff was -2.4%, up 0.1% from 2024, and its median gap was -6.6%, down 1.5% from 2024.
Its mean ethnicity pay gap for Black employees was 26.9%, up 0.2% from 2024, while its median gap was 22.9%, up 1.2% from the year prior.
The employer’s mean ethnicity pay gap for multi-racial workers was -5.5%, down 1.8% from 2024, and its median gap was -1.3%, down 2% from 2024.
Barclays’s mean ethnicity bonus gap for Asian staff was -5.5%, up 2.6% from 2024, and its median gap was 16.9%, up 6.6% from the year prior.
Its mean ethnicity pay gap for Black employees was 59.7%, up 1.8% from 2024, and its median gap was 51.1%, down 5.2% from 2024.
The firm’s mean ethnicity pay gap for multi-racial staff was -40%, up 1.2% from 2024, and its median gap was 9.7%, up 2% from the previous year.
A total of 93.9% of Asian, 89.3% of Black, 95.6% of multi-racial and 96.4% of white employees received a bonus in 2025.
CS Venkatakrishnan, group chief executive at Barclays, said: “Our equal pay commitment is global. It stipulates that our employees must be rewarded fairly, with regard to their specific role, seniority, responsibilities, skills and experience and factors which properly affect pay. Pay decisions must not take into account any protected characteristics. Even when pay is managed in line with this commitment, pay gaps may arise as a result of representation differences.”
