Gender Pay Gap Report 2024
Dublin Bus
The Dublin Bus Strategy, Evolving for Tomorrow, sets out our key strategic priorities. One of these is People and Organisation. We want to be the employer of choice in the Greater Dublin Area, attracting people with passion, professionalism, and loyalty to the business and our customers. We are committed to continuing to grow a diverse and inclusive workplace, prioritising increased female representation across all grades within the company.
Our gender pay gap reporting is one part of how we are addressing female participation rates and employment gaps between genders as it helps us to identify the causes for these gaps and the areas that we need to focus on.
Gender pay gap 2024
The gender pay gap is the difference in the average hourly wage of men and women across a workforce – it compares the pay of all working men and all working women; not just those in same jobs, with the same working patterns or the same competencies, qualifications or experience. All Dublin Bus employees are aligned to pay grades which provide for equal pay for equal work irrespective of gender.
The snapshot date for Dublin Bus is 29 June 2024. The publication date of our gender pay gap report will not be later than 29 December 2024.
On the snapshot date there were:
4,195 total employees
- 3,821 men (91%)
- 374 women (9%)
60 part-time employees
- 44 men (73%)
- 16 women (27%)
586 temporary employees
- 502 men (86%)
- 84 women (14%)
Since the 2023 Gender Pay Gap Report the number of women working in Dublin Bus has increased by 19%, mostly within the bus driving grade.
Mean gender pay gap
The mean gender pay gap is the difference between the average hourly pay of males and females within Dublin Bus.
In Dublin Bus the mean gender pay gap is:
- -1.2% for all employees
- -8.9% for part-time employees
- 2.7% for temporary employees
Between 2023 and 2024 the mean gender pay gap decreased from -4.1% to -1.2%. This is in part due to the increase in the number of women in Dublin Bus, specifically bus drivers which has increased by 33% since the 2023 report.
The mean gender pay gap for part-time employees increased from -0.9% in 2023 to -8.9% in favour of women in 2024 as the average hourly pay for women working part time has increased compared to men working part-time. This is due to there being more executive and clerical women working part-time as compared to men working part time who are mostly bus drivers.
The mean gender pay gap for temporary employees increased from -7.4% in favour of women in 2023 to 2.7% in favour of men in 2024 as there are more temporary male executives in 2024.
Median gender pay gap
The median gender pay gap is the difference between the average hourly pay of male and female employees at the middle of the distribution.
In Dublin Bus the median gender pay gap is:
- 5.7% for all employees
- -1.5% for part-time employees
- 8.5% for temporary employees
The median gender pay gap increased in favour of men for all employees and temporary employees in 2024 as there are more men within the middle of the distribution in Dublin Bus. The increase in women in the company in 2024 would be at the lower end of the distribution.
Bonus gender pay gap
Bonuses are not paid to clerical or executive employees in Dublin Bus. Small value bonuses are paid to grades in Dublin Bus which are dominated by men, such as bus drivers (93% male). Temporary employees do not receive any bonuses.
- 95% of men in Dublin Bus are eligible for a bonus
- 67% of women in Dublin Bus are eligible for a bonus
- 67% of men in Dublin Bus received a bonus
- 35% of women in Dublin Bus received a bonus
- The mean bonus gender pay gap for all employees is 54.4%
- The mean bonus gender pay gap for part-time employees is 57.8%
- The median bonus gender pay gap for all employees is 100%
- The median bonus gender pay gap for part-time employees is 100%
Within Dublin Bus women are more concentrated in roles that don’t receive bonuses, which explains the bonus gender pay gap. As we increase the number of women into these areas e.g. bus driving and engineering, the bonus gender pay gap will decrease.
Benefit in Kind
Nine Dublin Bus employees received BIK in this year.
Quartiles | Male | Female |
---|---|---|
A (Upper) |
90% | 10% |
B (Upper middle) | 97% | 3% |
C (Lower middle) | 92% | 8% |
D (Lower) | 86% | 14% |
Our 2022 and 2023 Gender Pay Gap Report can be accessed below:
Dublin Bus Gender Pay Gap Report 2022
Dublin Bus Gender Pay Gap Report 2023