HSBC , the UK ’s largest bank , has revealed that its male employees are paid , on average , two and a half times more per hour than female employees in the largest gender pay gap yet seen by a leading UK business . The bank ’s mean average pay gap this year is 60 % , up from 59 % last year . All private and public sector organisations and charities with more than 250 employees are required to submit their pay figures to the government by April under the new scheme. The company ’s gender pay report also disclosed that less than 25 % of the bank ’s most senior staff are female . Women occupy over two - thirds of junior roles . The median gap , which uses the mid - point of wages to eliminate outliers , remained at 29 % .
HSBC , the UK ’s largest bank , has revealed that its male employees are paid , on average , two and a half times more per hour than female employees in the largest gender pay gap yet seen by a leading UK business . The bank ’s mean average pay gap this year is 60 % , up from 59 % last year . The company ’s gender pay report also disclosed that less than 25 % of the bank ’s most senior staff are female . Women occupy over two - thirds of junior roles . The median gap , which uses the mid - point of wages to eliminate outliers , remained at 29 % .