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DS SMITH PAPER LIMITED

Company number 00058614 ·

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Gender pay gap

In the 2025/26 reporting year, women's median hourly pay here was 10.5% lower than men's (250 to 499 employees).

That puts it around the middle of the pack for pay parity — closer to an equal median than 46% of the 9,656 employers who reported for 2025/26. See the pay gap league table.

Within manufacture of paper and paper products it is around the middle of the pack 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%: 53 employers -12.5% to -10.0%: 82 employers -10.0% to -7.5%: 95 employers -7.5% to -5.0%: 126 employers -5.0% to -2.5%: 250 employers -2.5% to 0.0%: 554 employers 0.0% to 2.5%: 1,894 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%: 579 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%: 389 employers 22.5% to 25.0%: 357 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 9,656 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.

-60% -40% -20% 0 +20% +40% +60% +80% +100% 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 2025/26 2017/18: 9.8% 2018/19: 6.8% 2019/20: 4.1% 2020/21: 20.8% 2021/22: 21.9% 2022/23: 16.7% 2023/24: 27.8% 2024/25: 13.4% 2025/26: 10.5% Median gap 2017/18: 6.5% 2018/19: 5.3% 2019/20: 1.4% 2020/21: 2.4% 2021/22: 5.6% 2022/23: -0.7% 2023/24: 14.4% 2024/25: 3.8% 2025/26: 22% Mean gap 2017/18: 19.3% 2018/19: 15.5% 2019/20: 15.7% 2020/21: 11.5% 2021/22: 100% 2022/23: -20.6% 2023/24: -37.4% 2024/25: -51.2% 2025/26: 7.2% Median bonus gap

The gap has widened since the 9.8% reported for 2017/18.

YearMedian gapMean gapBonus gap Women in top pay quartileWomen in lowest
2025/26 10.5% 22% 7.2% 7.7% 55.6%
2024/25 13.4% 3.8% -51.2% 6.7% 34.8%
2023/24 27.8% 14.4% -37.4% 5.4% 34.4%
2022/23 16.7% -0.7% -20.6% 10.5% 26.8%
2021/22 21.9% 5.6% 100% 9.9% 20.2%
2020/21 20.8% 2.4% 11.5% 11.2% 18.1%
2019/20 4.1% 1.4% 15.7% 7.4% 27.8%
2018/19 6.8% 5.3% 15.5% 10% 14.7%
2017/18 9.8% 6.5% 19.3% 9.9% 15.5%

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.