Rockstar have the most important gender pay hole within the UK videogame trade

New authorities laws implies that corporations within the UK, with greater than 250 employees, should publish their annual gender pay knowledge. The deadline for submission was final evening, with builders corresponding to Jagex, Bandai Namco, and EA posting their knowledge. 

The total figures are fairly grim, GamesIndustry.biz reported 69% of huge UK video games corporations have larger gender pay hole than the nationwide common of 18.4%. Companies with a pay hole above the typical embody Sumo Digital (33.7%), Warner Bros (30.9%), Codemasters (22.2%), Jagex (21.7%), Traveller’s Tales (20.9%), and Creative Assembly (20.3%).

However the worst offender is Rockstar North (by way of Trusted Reviews), whose feminine employees are paid a whopping imply of 64% lower than their male coworkers. Female employees additionally obtained a imply bonus pay 84% decrease than males’s. 

In an report posted alongside the figures, Rockstar North stated, “We are dedicated to continuing to build a representative gender balance across all our studio activities, and pledge to continue to find new ways to support and encourage women to both take up and advance in career opportunities in game development.”

You can entry the gender pay hole knowledge of all employers within the UK with greater than 250 workers here.