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LOTHIAN BUSES LIMITED

Company number SC096849 ·

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Gender pay gap

In the 2025/26 reporting year, women's median hourly pay here was 3.2% lower than men's (1000 to 4999 employees).

That puts it around the middle of the pack for pay parity — closer to an equal median than 71% of the 9,642 employers who reported for 2025/26. See the pay gap league table.

Within land transport and transport via pipelines it is around the middle of the pack of 233 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.

-75% -50% -25% 0 +25% +50% +75% +100% 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 2025/26 2017/18: 4% 2018/19: 5% 2019/20: 7% 2020/21: 9% 2021/22: 4% 2022/23: 3% 2023/24: 0% 2024/25: 7.5% 2025/26: 3.2% Median gap 2017/18: 7% 2018/19: 4% 2019/20: 2% 2020/21: 4% 2021/22: 3% 2022/23: 3% 2023/24: 0.42% 2024/25: 2% 2025/26: 0.1% Mean gap 2017/18: -1% 2018/19: 16% 2019/20: 71% 2020/21: 27% 2021/22: -72% 2022/23: 85% 2023/24: 32.46% 2024/25: -2% 2025/26: 0% Median bonus gap

The gap has narrowed since the 4% reported for 2017/18.

YearMedian gapMean gapBonus gap Women in top pay quartileWomen in lowest
2025/26 3.2% 0.1% 0% 9.93% 15.15%
2024/25 7.5% 2% -2% 7.14% 15.01%
2023/24 0% 0.42% 32.46% 7.5% 14.3%
2022/23 3% 3% 85% 7% 16%
2021/22 4% 3% -72% 7% 13%
2020/21 9% 4% 27% 9% 17%
2019/20 7% 2% 71% 9% 15%
2018/19 5% 4% 16% 6% 14%
2017/18 4% 7% -1% 7% 12%

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.