BAE Systems employs a highly skilled workforce of over 50,000 people across the UK.
Our ambition is to build a high performing workforce that drives sustainable business growth where all employees are respected, valued and feel they can belong and contribute fully to our mission.
The regulations for gender pay gap reporting for UK companies are intended to encourage employers to take informed action to close their gender pay gaps where one exists. The gender pay gap shows the difference between the average hourly earnings of men and women across the workforce and is, to a large extent, a reflection of the representation of women in the workforce. It’s not the same as equal pay which refers to men and women receiving the same pay for the same job.
Since 2023, we have also reported our ethnicity pay gap, closely mirroring the UK Government’s Gender Pay Gap Reporting requirements.
- We have a mean gender pay gap of 7.8% and a median gender pay gap of 7.4%.
- We have a mean gender bonus gap of -5.0% and a median gender bonus gap of 11%.
- 93.1% of men received a bonus compared to 92.7% of women.
- On 5 April 2025, 74.8% of our employees were men and 25.2% were women.
- We have a mean ethnicity pay gap of 7.5% and a median ethnicity pay gap of 7.7%.
- We have a mean ethnicity bonus gap of 18.9% and a median ethnicity bonus gap of -4.2%.
- 93.3% of our white employees received a bonus compared to 91.7% of employees from all other ethnic groups.
- In 2025, we recruited almost 2,300 new apprentices and graduates. 27.6% of our new apprentice starters were women and 24.7% of our new graduates were from a non-white ethnic group.
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Governance and Disclosure