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DS SMITH PACKAGING LIMITED

Company number 00630681 ·

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Gender pay gap

In the 2025/26 reporting year, women's median hourly pay here was 1.6% higher than men's (1000 to 4999 employees).

That puts it in the top quarter for pay parity — closer to an equal median than 79% of the 9,642 employers who reported for 2025/26. See the pay gap league table.

Within manufacture of paper and paper products it is in the top 10% of 39 sector employers who reported.

-20.0% to -17.5%: 122 employers -17.5% to -15.0%: 40 employers -15.0% to -12.5%: 52 employers -12.5% to -10.0%: 82 employers -10.0% to -7.5%: 95 employers -7.5% to -5.0%: 125 employers -5.0% to -2.5%: 250 employers -2.5% to 0.0%: 553 employers 0.0% to 2.5%: 1,886 employers 2.5% to 5.0%: 835 employers 5.0% to 7.5%: 698 employers 7.5% to 10.0%: 599 employers 10.0% to 12.5%: 578 employers 12.5% to 15.0%: 527 employers 15.0% to 17.5%: 487 employers 17.5% to 20.0%: 438 employers 20.0% to 22.5%: 388 employers 22.5% to 25.0%: 356 employers 25.0% to 27.5%: 302 employers 27.5% to 30.0%: 253 employers 30.0% to 32.5%: 197 employers 32.5% to 35.0%: 159 employers 35.0% to 37.5%: 131 employers 37.5% to 40.0%: 489 employers -20% -10% 0 +10% +20% +30% +40% ← women paid more men paid more → this company

All 9,642 reporting employers for 2025/26 by median gap. 0 is equal pay; bars right of it are employers where men's median pay is higher, bars left of it where women's is.

-200% -150% -100% -50% 0 +50% +100% 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 2025/26 2017/18: 11.1% 2018/19: 10.3% 2019/20: 8.8% 2020/21: 8.4% 2021/22: 9.1% 2022/23: 4% 2023/24: 2.4% 2024/25: 1.1% 2025/26: -1.6% Median gap 2017/18: 10.6% 2018/19: 9% 2019/20: 7.3% 2020/21: 5.3% 2021/22: 1.9% 2022/23: -3.5% 2023/24: -6.7% 2024/25: -8.2% 2025/26: -6.9% Mean gap 2017/18: 10% 2018/19: 32.1% 2019/20: 68.3% 2020/21: 73.1% 2021/22: 60.4% 2022/23: 50.3% 2023/24: 28.3% 2024/25: -47.4% 2025/26: -173.8% Median bonus gap

The gap has narrowed since the 11.1% reported for 2017/18.

YearMedian gapMean gapBonus gap Women in top pay quartileWomen in lowest
2025/26 -1.6% -6.9% -173.8% 27.9% 25.6%
2024/25 1.1% -8.2% -47.4% 26.8% 24.2%
2023/24 2.4% -6.7% 28.3% 24.7% 23.4%
2022/23 4% -3.5% 50.3% 18.2% 30.3%
2021/22 9.1% 1.9% 60.4% 15.6% 28.6%
2020/21 8.4% 5.3% 73.1% 14.2% 29.1%
2019/20 8.8% 7.3% 68.3% 16% 29%
2018/19 10.3% 9% 32.1% 12.3% 26.5%
2017/18 11.1% 10.6% 10% 11.8% 26.8%

Reported by the employer under the gender pay gap regulations — full report on the official service. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.