{"id":7337,"date":"2026-04-20T09:55:48","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T09:55:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.angesfinanciers.org\/?p=7337"},"modified":"2026-04-24T15:20:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T15:20:43","slug":"gender-pay-gap-more-than-doubles-at-zaha-hadid-architects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.angesfinanciers.org\/index.php\/2026\/04\/20\/gender-pay-gap-more-than-doubles-at-zaha-hadid-architects\/","title":{"rendered":"Gender pay gap more than doubles at Zaha Hadid Architects"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The average gender pay gap<\/a> has shot up at Zaha Hadid Architects<\/a>,\u00a0while other UK<\/a>\u00a0studios, including Foster + Partners<\/a> and Allford Hall Monaghan Morris,<\/a> have narrowed the difference in pay between male and female employees.<\/span><\/p>\n

Official data from this year’s UK gender pay reporting<\/a>\u00a0revealed that the median hourly pay gap \u2013 which looks at the middle “typical” wages in a list from highest to lowest pay \u2013 has more than doubled at Zaha Hadid Architects<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The median hourly pay gap at the studio rose from 6.3 per cent for 2024\/25<\/a> \u2013 the studio’s lowest since 2018\u00a0 \u2013 to 14.5 per cent this year. This means that middle-ranking women at the studio earn 86p for every \u00a31 earned by middle-ranking men.<\/p>\n

This is a close return to the studio’s figure in 2023\/24, when the median hourly pay gap was 15.8 per cent.<\/p>\n

Despite the fall and rise in the median figures, Zaha Hadid Architects’ mean hourly pay gap has remained around 22 per cent for the last three annual reports. This calculates the average pay across all employees.<\/p>\n

Zaha Hadid Architects’ “employment policies wholly factored on merit”<\/strong><\/p>\n

The studio also reported one of the largest bonus pay disparities of architecture studios in the data, with women’s median bonus pay 33.8 per cent lower than men’s.<\/p>\n

However, a spokesperson for the firm told Dezeen that “women and men in equivalent roles are paid equally”.<\/p>\n

“Our employment policies and criteria are wholly factored on merit, accounting for the skillset, knowledge, and relevant experience of each candidate,” the studio said.<\/p>\n

Zaha Hadid Architects added that the statistics were affected by the “increase in the percentage of young women architects at entry level” at the studio.<\/p>\n

“Over the period, the proportion of new staff joining Zaha Hadid Architects at the beginning of their careers in architecture comprised significantly more women than men,” the studio explained.<\/p>\n

“This increase in the percentage of young women architects at entry level choosing to start their professional journeys with Zaha Hadid Architects is evident in our gender pay gap this year,” it added.<\/p>\n

“All those joining our teams are supported by Zaha Hadid Architects’ policies and initiatives focused on professional growth and staff retention. We continue to enhance programmes to ensure the ongoing progression of our younger generation of women architects enter Zaha Hadid Architects’ upper pay quartiles this year.”<\/p>\n