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Sector benchmark · 2025–26
The median reported hourly pay gap across employers classified in this sector. Sector figures give context; they do not establish which employers perform well or badly.
This sector spans industrial producers including food, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, vehicles, machinery and other manufactured goods.
The balance of production, engineering, technical, administrative and management work varies widely, even between employers making similar products. A pay gap describes the whole workforce and does not show whether people receive equal pay for equal work.
Across 1,953 classified employers, the sector median was 6.0% in 2025–26, 3.8 percentage points narrower compared with 2017.
Median of employer-level median hourly gaps · not weighted by workforce size
Above zero, men earn more at the midpoint. Hover or focus each point for the exact figure. The incomplete 2026 reporting year is omitted.
2025–26 · first 40 of 1,409 usable filings in this sector
These are the widest gaps in the filed data, not a ranking of the “worst” employers. Workforce structure, occupations and the legal entity covered all affect the result.