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ESSILOR LIMITED

Company number 00852410 ·

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Gender pay gap

In the 2025/26 reporting year, women's median hourly pay here was 5.58% lower than men's (500 to 999 employees).

That puts it around the middle of the pack for pay parity — closer to an equal median than 61% of the 9,656 employers who reported for 2025/26. See the pay gap league table.

Within manufacture of rubber and plastic products it is around the middle of the pack of 78 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.

0 +10% +20% +30% +40% +50% 2017/18 2018/19 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 2025/26 2017/18: 7.8% 2018/19: 17.4% 2020/21: 21.4% 2021/22: 25.3% 2022/23: 20.43% 2023/24: 6.99% 2024/25: 6.23% 2025/26: 5.58% Median gap 2017/18: 27.1% 2018/19: 28.1% 2020/21: 18.2% 2021/22: 18.2% 2022/23: 15.73% 2023/24: 2.04% 2024/25: 7.44% 2025/26: 6.96% Mean gap 2017/18: 0% 2018/19: 27.6% 2020/21: 13.8% 2021/22: 42.6% 2022/23: 22.6% 2023/24: 2.9% 2024/25: 9.13% 2025/26: 2.41% Median bonus gap

The gap has narrowed since the 7.8% reported for 2017/18.

YearMedian gapMean gapBonus gap Women in top pay quartileWomen in lowest
2025/26 5.58% 6.96% 2.41% 37.1% 43.55%
2024/25 6.23% 7.44% 9.13% 32.3% 45.6%
2023/24 6.99% 2.04% 2.9% 36.3% 50.4%
2022/23 20.43% 15.73% 22.6% 26.83% 55.56%
2021/22 25.3% 18.2% 42.6% 36.5% 53.3%
2020/21 21.4% 18.2% 13.8% 37.7% 54.1%
2018/19 17.4% 28.1% 27.6% 28.6% 49.4%
2017/18 7.8% 27.1% 0% 24% 55%

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.