Channel 4 has reported its mean disability pay gap fell from 12.4% in 2023 to 11% in 2024.
Its median disability pay gap for the year was 15.1%, up from 11.8% in 2023. Its mean disability bonus gap was 31.8%, down from 40.7% in 2023, while its median disability bonus gap stood at 12.5%, down from 23.2%. A total of 83.5% of employees with a disability and 79.2% of those without one received a bonus in 2024.
The organisation’s mean gender pay gap for 2024 was 16.2%, down from 18.2% in 2023, while its median gender pay gap stood at 23.8%, down from 24.9% the previous year. Its mean gender bonus gap was 24.2%, down from 33% before, and its median was 21.8%, down from 34.1% in 2023. A total of 81% of women and 79.8% of men received a bonus in 2024.
In 2024, its mean ethnicity pay gap fell to 6.6% from 6.7% in 2023, and its median dropped to 3.4% from 9.5%. Its mean ethnicity bonus gap was 24.4%, down from 29.1% in 2023, and its median was 19.2%, a decrease from 29.6%.
Channel 4’s mean sexual orientation pay gap widened slightly in the last year, from 20% in 2023 to 21.2% in 2024, while its median sexual orientation pay gap increased from 22.8% last year to 24.7% this year.
The increase was primarily driven by the organisation hiring a number of LGBTQ+ employees at the start of their careers.
Its mean sexual orientation bonus gap for 2024 was 35.3%, down from 43.3% in 2023, and its median sexual orientation bonus gap stood at 23.1%, a decrease from 32.3% previously. A total of 75.4% of employees who identify as being LGBTQ+ and 81.1% of those do not received a bonus in 2024.
Alex Mahon, chief executive at Channel 4, said: “We are committed to removing any barriers to progression and increasing representation. The remaining gap is driven by a slight underrepresentation of women in the top half of the organisation, and a higher proportion of women in the lower two pay quarters. If the lower half of the organisation were rebalanced to 50% male and 50% female, the mean gender pay gap would reduce by around 14 points, from 16.2% to around 1.8%.”
