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SCOTTISH OPERA

Company number SC037531 ·

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Gender pay gap

In the 2025/26 reporting year, women's median hourly pay here was 3.7% higher than men's (Less than 250 employees).

That puts it around the middle of the pack for pay parity — closer to an equal median than 68% of the 9,642 employers who reported for 2025/26. See the pay gap league table.

Within creative, arts and entertainment activities it is around the middle of the pack of 40 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.

-7.5% -5% -2.5% 0 +2.5% +5% +7.5% +10% +12.5% 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 2025/26 2017/18: 7.2% 2018/19: 3.2% 2019/20: 7.9% 2020/21: 9.1% 2021/22: -6.3% 2022/23: 7.3% 2023/24: 3.99% 2024/25: -5.47% 2025/26: -3.7% Median gap 2017/18: 8.7% 2018/19: 9.8% 2019/20: 10.7% 2020/21: 9.9% 2021/22: -3.1% 2022/23: 8.9% 2023/24: 9.87% 2024/25: 9.54% 2025/26: 9.04% Mean gap 2017/18: 0% Median bonus gap

The gap has narrowed since the 7.2% reported for 2017/18.

YearMedian gapMean gapBonus gap Women in top pay quartileWomen in lowest
2025/26 -3.7% 9.04% — 66.67% 61.76%
2024/25 -5.47% 9.54% — 62.5% 56.2%
2023/24 3.99% 9.87% — 61% 71%
2022/23 7.3% 8.9% — 55.9% 74.3%
2021/22 -6.3% -3.1% — 59.1% 36.4%
2020/21 9.1% 9.9% — 57.1% 60%
2019/20 7.9% 10.7% — 47.7% 65.1%
2018/19 3.2% 9.8% — 50% 65.2%
2017/18 7.2% 8.7% 0% 50% 52.4%

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.