MEARS LIMITED

Company number 02519234 ·

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Gender pay gap

In the 2025/26 reporting year, women's median hourly pay here was 18% 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 28% of the 9,642 employers who reported for 2025/26. See the pay gap league table.

Within services to buildings and landscape activities it is in the bottom quarter of 176 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.

-400% -300% -200% -100% 0 +100% 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 2025/26 2017/18: 19.8% 2018/19: 21.8% 2019/20: 21.4% 2020/21: 19.2% 2021/22: 19.3% 2022/23: 17% 2023/24: 16% 2024/25: 17.6% 2025/26: 18% Median gap 2017/18: 15.7% 2018/19: 17.2% 2019/20: 16.2% 2020/21: 16.4% 2021/22: 16.8% 2022/23: 12% 2023/24: 11% 2024/25: 7.6% 2025/26: 9.6% Mean gap 2017/18: 60% 2018/19: 56.8% 2019/20: 68% 2020/21: 23.9% 2021/22: 60.9% 2022/23: 0% 2023/24: -10% 2024/25: -200% 2025/26: -400% Median bonus gap

The gap has narrowed since the 19.8% reported for 2017/18.

YearMedian gapMean gapBonus gap Women in top pay quartileWomen in lowest
2025/26 18% 9.6% -400% 19% 37.8%
2024/25 17.6% 7.6% -200% 21.5% 39.5%
2023/24 16% 11% -10% 17% 38%
2022/23 17% 12% 0% 13% 43%
2021/22 19.3% 16.8% 60.9% 10.7% 46.1%
2020/21 19.2% 16.4% 23.9% 12.8% 42%
2019/20 21.4% 16.2% 68% 11.3% 43%
2018/19 21.8% 17.2% 56.8% 8.9% 39.9%
2017/18 19.8% 15.7% 60% 9.6% 36.6%

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.