LARGE employers across Bradford have published their gender pay gap to reveal how much the average woman earns compared to men in their company.

The Telegraph and Argus has already reported on the average pay gaps of big businesses across the district, but some have taken longer to publish theirs after the Government set a deadline of midnight yesterday to reveal the figures.

Leeds Bradford Airport Limited published a women's mean gender pay gap of 24.9 per cent lower than men's - above the national average.

This means that women earn 75p for every £1 that men earn.

A spokesman in their report said: "Leeds Bradford Airport Limited is confident that whilst we are presented with a gender pay gap, this is not an equal pay issue.

"The higher gender pay and bonus gaps within Leeds Bradford Airport Limited are heavily influenced by the gender ratio of certain departments who earn relatively high salaries compared to other Leeds Bradford Airport Limited colleagues.

"Employees in these departments are predominantly male."

The gender pay gap is different to “equal pay”, which deals with the pay differences between men and women who carry out the same jobs.

The national average is 18.4 per cent.

Bradford College reported a mean gender pay gap of is 5.38 per cent in favour of men.

Huw Roberts, People Services Director, Bradford College, said: "The College closely monitors the gender pay gap and the gap reflects that currently the College has more men than women in senior management issues.

"From an Equal Pay Perspective we have as many grades where females are paid more than males as where males are paid more than females.

"The College is taking steps to encourage more women into senior management position."

Yorkshire Water Limited published a gender pay gap significantly lower than the national average.

It published a 4.8 per cent mean gender pay gap, and reported that, on average, female colleagues at Yorkshire Water receive a higher bonus than their male colleagues with the overall percentage of females receiving a bonus being marginally higher than that for males.

Chief Executive, Richard Flint, commented: “Although our gender pay gap figures are significantly below the national average, we are in no way complacent with our current levels of gender diversity.

"We want to properly reflect the communities we serve. This reporting is just the first step in a series of measures that will help us to improve not just our gender balance, but the overall diversity of our whole workforce.

"We’ll be publishing a full report detailing our current levels of diversity and details about how we’re going to improve on this over the next few years.”

Newsquest Media Group Limited, the publisher of the Telegraph and Argus, last month published a gender pay gap of seven per cent in favour of men.