Racial pay gap | Leaked files reveal Google's Black staff earn nearly £16K less than colleagues

Black employees at Google are paid nearly £16,000 less than their White or Asian colleagues, new leaked figures reveal.

The data, which showed the salaries of over 12,000 employees at the tech giant, was compiled by Google employees themselves, who voluntarily submitted their salary, equity and bonus data from last year.

These figures were analysed by the Insider, who found trends of unequal pay based on race and gender. Amongst this, Google employees from Black or African descent were found to have salaries over $20,000 (£15,975) less, on average, than their White or Asian co-workers, suggesting that Google salaries don’t necessarily align with their DEI efforts.

The data also found there to be a gender pay gap between male and female employees, male workers receiving a higher average salary. This was true across all departments, except for in the company’s sales department where some female roles earned more than their male counterparts. While non-binary employees earned less than male or female staff.