Imperial College London has published its gender pay gap report for the sixth time, showing a mean gender pay gap of 16.6% for 2022, which is higher than the 13.9% national mean gender pay gap.
The university's mean hourly rate for total pay was £27.49 for women and £32.97 for men, and its median hourly rate for total pay was £23.45 for women and £25.48 for men. Its median gender pay gap was 8%, lower than the 14.9% national median gender pay gap.
The proportions of men and women at the university who were paid a bonus, including clinical excellence awards (CEA), were 6.4% and 5.5% respectively.
The mean gender pay gap for bonus pay including CEA stood at 54.7%, with men receiving mean bonus pay of £10,227.38 and women £4,633.76. Imperial College's median gender pay gap for bonus pay was 6.7%, with men receiving median bonus pay of £1,500 and women £1,400.
Additionally, Imperial College reported its ethnicity pay gap for the third year, at 12.3%, with its mean hourly rate for total pay at £27.89 for black and minority ethnicity (BME) staff and £31.79 for white employees. Its median ethnicity pay gap was 8.2%, with its median hourly rate for total pay standing at £23.30 for BME employees and £25.40 for white staff.
According to the university, the gender and ethnicity pay gaps arise from an under-representation of women and black and other minority ethnic groups in senior grades.
Professor Ian Walmsley, provost of Imperial College London, said: “We continue to work to find ways to close both the gender and ethnicity pay gaps including around our recruitment and retention of female and black and other minority ethnic professors, which is the single biggest factor affecting the mean gender and ethnicity pay gaps. Our people are the most important part of Imperial and are at the centre of delivering our academic mission.”
