Sex Discrimination Compensation: Average Payouts, Highest Awards & Real Cases
Average payouts, highest awards and recent published tribunal decisions for sex discrimination compensation in the UK.
Highest-value judgments
| Respondent | Compensation | Date | Decision |
|---|---|---|---|
| £101,853 | 2024 | View | |
| £43,773 | 2024 | View | |
| £31,000 | 2022 | View | |
| £21,089 | 2026 | View | |
| £20,327 | 2024 | View | |
| £20,000 | 2021 | View | |
| £18,684 | 2024 | View | |
| £16,413 | 2022 | View | |
| £16,000 | 2025 | View | |
| £13,423 | 2024 | View |
Home Office
2026
DPD Group UK Ltd
2024
B
2021
Recent published decisions
| Respondent | Outcome | Award | Date | Decision |
|---|---|---|---|---|
(1) WKCIC Group T/A Capital City College Group (2) Ms Odu | Respondent won | — | 2026 | View |
The Health and Safety Executive | Respondent won | — | 2026 | View |
Manger Moi Ltd | Partial success | £60 | 2026 | View |
Fishco Fine Foods Ltd | Outcome unclear | — | 2026 | View |
Norfolk County Council | Respondent won | — | 2026 | View |
Nuclear Waste Services Ltd | Respondent won | — | 2026 | View |
St Mungo Community Housing Association | Respondent won | — | 2026 | View |
The Royal Veterinary College and I Hamer | Withdrawn | — | 2026 | View |
Tennent Caledonian Breweries UK Ltd | Outcome unclear | — | 2026 | View |
G | Respondent won | — | 2026 | View |
About sex discrimination compensation
Where these figures come from
Every figure on this page is drawn from published employment tribunal judgments where a compensation amount appears in the public record. Sex discrimination awards may include injury to feelings, financial loss, interest and compensation for the impact of discriminatory treatment. The median and highest awards are calculated from awarded cases only, so sex discrimination claims that settled privately or ended without a published figure sit outside this sample.
How to read the headline numbers
The headline stats separate the size of awards from how often sex discrimination claims succeed. A claim type can show a very high award in one exceptional case while the median across the wider sample stays much lower. Read the highest-value judgments table for the upper end of the record, then the recent decisions list to see how these disputes appear in current judgments — including cases where no compensation is visible.
What this page is not
These are documented examples, not a prediction of what a new sex discrimination claim is worth and not an estimate of a private settlement. The public record is selective and excludes most settlements, so treat large awards as unusual rather than typical. This is an intelligence page, not legal advice: to value a live claim, compare the facts, dates and losses in the underlying judgments with your own.
Frequently asked questions
What is the average payout for sex discrimination?
In the published awarded cases in this dataset, the average sex discrimination payout is £11,521 and the median award is £5,874. This is based on 37 cases with visible compensation.
What is the highest sex discrimination award in the UK?
The highest published sex discrimination award in this dataset is £101,853. Large awards are unusual and can be driven by long periods of financial loss, injury to feelings or other case-specific factors.
What percentage of sex discrimination claims succeed?
In the matching published judgments, claimants succeeded in 22.2% of cases. That is based on 641 documented outcomes, not every claim issued or settled.