Newly released figures from 2017 reveal it has the widest gender pay gap of any UK bank , at 61 % compared with last year ’s 59 % . The figures mean that for every £ 1 ( $ 1.3 ) earned by a male employee of HSBC , female workers earn 39p . Female employees make up more than half of the bank ’s workforce , at 60 % , yet account for 23 % of its senior roles . It cited structural issues as the reason behind the discrepancy , including the smaller number of women in leadership positions and the fact that the majority of its part - time staff are female .
Newly released figures from HSBC reveal it has the widest gender pay gap of any UK bank, at 61% compared with last year’s 59%. The figures mean that for every £1 ($1.3) earned by a male employee of HSBC, female workers earn 39p. Female employees make up more than half of the bank’s workforce, at 54%, yet account for 23% of its senior roles. HSBC cited structural issues as the reason behind the discrepancy, including the smaller number of women in leadership positions and the fact that the majority of its part-time staff are female.