Workplace Report (April 2010)

Pay and prices

Annual increase in average weekly earnings (including bonuses)

Month Whole economy Private sector Public sector Manufact- uring Services
Dec. 2008 (r) 1.8 2.5 3.2 2.3 3.0
Jan. 2009 (r) -0.5 -2.2 3.1 1.4 -1.9
February (r) -5.6 -8.2 3.2 -0.7 -7.5
March -0.9 -2.1 2.3 1.7 -1.9
April 1.4 1.1 3.0 1.6 1.7
May 0.8 0.3 2.8 -0.2 1.1
June 1.2 0.4 3.9 1.1 1.4
July 0.6 -0.5 3.3 -0.6 0.5
August 0.7 -0.3 3.5 1.7 0.5
September 0.8 0.0 3.8 1.6 1.1
October 0.5 -0.4 3.8 1.6 0.5
November 0.8 0.3 3.8 2.0 1.1
December (r) 0.7 0.3 3.4 3.2 0.8
Jan. 2010 (r) 0.9 -1.0 4.1 4.3 -0.5
February (p) 5.6 6.2 3.7 5.8 5.9
Headline rate* 2.3 1.8 3.7 4.4 2.0

* The latest three-month average.

Source: National Statistics.

(r) revised; (p) provisional.

Average of average earnings forecasts for 2010 is 1.9% (HM Treasury).


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