As a whole, LGB+ workers in the NHS do not experience pay gaps compared to their heterosexual colleagues, but those who have disclosed their sexual identity are found to have higher pay and not having disclosed identity is specifically associated with a pay penalty
Article URL : https://plos.io/3OQxGSF
Article title: Pay gaps in the National Health Service: Gender and sexuality.
Author countries: Germany, U.K., Australia.
Funding: Funding was received from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) [grant number ES/N019334/1].Funding was received from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) [grant number ES/N019334/1].
PLOS One
Pay gaps in the National Health Service: Gender and sexuality
4-Mar-2026
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.