The Metropolitan Police has reported a mean ethnicity pay gap of 5.95% for 2024.
The organisation’s median ethnicity pay gap was 11.86%, having fallen slightly for 2024 along with the mean gap. For police officers, the mean ethnicity pay gap range between its ethnicity minority groups is 4.1% - 4.89%, while the median ethnicity pay gap stands at 0.15%. When comparing pay gaps between its mixed race and other ethnicities employees, the mean pay gap ranges from 4.96% to 9.62%.
Ethnicity pay gaps are higher for full-time than part-time employees, with some of the largest ethnicity pay gaps for both police officers and police staff appearing in the upper quartiles of salary ranges and in groups with the most service.
Metropolitan Police’s 2024 mean disability pay gap is 4.93% and its median disability pay gap 1.44%. Both increased slightly since 2023 due to capturing data from new starters last year, with a declaration rate of 33.9%.
The mean disability pay gap for police staff increased from 4.5% in 2023 to 4.98% in 2024, while the median decreased from 7.99% to 5.06%. For police officers, the mean disability pay gap was 3.42% and the median 1.15%.
Furthermore, its mean 2024 gender pay gap was 6.07%, while its median gender pay gap stood at 11.32%. The median gender pay gap increased year on year due to a higher number of female recruits and starters, while the mean decreased slightly.
The mean gender pay gap for police officers decreased from 5.56% in 2023 to 4.98%, while the median gender pay gap dropped from 0.49% to 0.44%. For police staff, the mean gender pay gap rose from 7.79% in 2023 to 7.58%, while the median gender pay gap increased from 4.77% to 5.07%.
A Metropolitan Police spokesperson said: “We are committed to creating a workplace that is anti-discriminatory, accessible and inclusive, and will take hard action on those who discriminate. We are doing this by driving culture change, through recruiting and promoting those who show evidence of living the new values and guiding principles and ensuring that our new recruits represent London’s diverse communities. As we fix the foundations, we are reviewing policies and processes to ensure they support the New Met for London vision.”
