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USBORNE PUBLISHING LIMITED

Company number 01124359 ·

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Gender pay gap

In the 2025/26 reporting year, women's median hourly pay here was 7.4% lower than men's (250 to 499 employees).

That puts it around the middle of the pack for pay parity — closer to an equal median than 55% 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.

-300% -250% -200% -150% -100% -50% 0 +50% 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 2025/26 2020/21: -0.4% 2021/22: 7.1% 2022/23: 4.3% 2023/24: 4.6% 2024/25: 6.3% 2025/26: 7.4% Median gap 2020/21: 10.1% 2021/22: 7.3% 2022/23: 8.6% 2023/24: 2.9% 2024/25: 6% 2025/26: 9% Mean gap 2020/21: 11.1% 2021/22: 6.4% 2022/23: 8.4% 2023/24: 13.8% 2024/25: -256.6% 2025/26: 0% Median bonus gap

The gap has widened since the -0.4% reported for 2020/21.

YearMedian gapMean gapBonus gap Women in top pay quartileWomen in lowest
2025/26 7.4% 9% 0% 76.1% 86.6%
2024/25 6.3% 6% -256.6% 77.1% 88.6%
2023/24 4.6% 2.9% 13.8% 75% 86.8%
2022/23 4.3% 8.6% 8.4% 69.1% 82.4%
2021/22 7.1% 7.3% 6.4% 65.7% 80.6%
2020/21 -0.4% 10.1% 11.1% 69.2% 83.1%

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.