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PEARSON EDUCATION LIMITED

Company number 00872828 ·

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Gender pay gap

In the 2025/26 reporting year, women's median hourly pay here was 6% 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 59% of the 9,656 employers who reported for 2025/26. See the pay gap league table.

Within publishing activities it is in the top quarter of 85 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 +2.5% +5% +7.5% +10% +12.5% +15% +17.5% +20% 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 2025/26 2017/18: 3% 2018/19: 9% 2019/20: 10% 2020/21: 8% 2021/22: 8% 2022/23: 6% 2023/24: 11% 2024/25: 4% 2025/26: 6% Median gap 2017/18: 8% 2018/19: 15% 2019/20: 13% 2020/21: 11% 2021/22: 9% 2022/23: 6% 2023/24: 11% 2024/25: 7.5% 2025/26: 8% Mean gap 2017/18: 4% 2018/19: 3% 2019/20: 6% 2020/21: 6% 2021/22: 4% 2022/23: 10% 2023/24: 19% 2024/25: 2.8% 2025/26: 8% Median bonus gap

The gap has widened since the 3% reported for 2017/18.

YearMedian gapMean gapBonus gap Women in top pay quartileWomen in lowest
2025/26 6% 8% 8% 53% 60%
2024/25 4% 7.5% 2.8% 54% 60%
2023/24 11% 11% 19% 53% 67%
2022/23 6% 6% 10% 54% 60%
2021/22 8% 9% 4% 53% 61%
2020/21 8% 11% 6% 51% 61%
2019/20 10% 13% 6% 53% 64%
2018/19 9% 15% 3% 52% 65%
2017/18 3% 8% 4% 51% 61%

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.