Richmond school district report finds women earn 8% less per hour than men

A new pay transparency report found that women working for Richmond School District earn an average of 8 per cent less per hour than men. The district recently published its 2025/2026 Pay Transparency Report, which breaks down staff compensation by gender. It found that women earned 92 cents for every dollar men earned in average hourly wages.

Women’s median hourly wages were 14 per cent lower than men’s; for every dollar men earned in median hourly wages, women earned 86 cents. Women’s mean overtime pay was 50 per cent lower than men’s, while their median overtime pay was 46 per cent lower. Nine per cent of men received overtime pay, compared with 8 per cent of women. Among employees who preferred not to disclose their gender or left the gender category blank, 5 per cent received overtime pay.

Women accounted for 19 per cent of employees in the highest-paid quartile and 17 per cent in the lowest-paid quartile. District spokesperson David Sadler confirmed to Richmond News that the district prepared the report using its employee compensation data. The district’s website says sharing the information is intended to promote trust and accountability in the community and support its commitment to equitable pay practices.

The report said one or more gender categories were excluded because there were not enough people to meet disclosure requirements. In 2023, the B.C. government enacted the Pay Transparency Act, which requires employers with more than 50 employees to publish annual pay transparency reports. The provincial government website says women in B.C. earned an average of 15 per cent less than men last year. It also says the pay gap is more pronounced for Indigenous, racialized, newcomer and disabled women, as well as women and gender-diverse people who are 2SLGBTQIA+.