Workplace Report (May 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) 0.2 -2.1 3.2 1.7 -1.9
February (r) -3.8 -7.9 3.3 -0.3 -7.3
March -2.7 -2.1 2.2 1.3 -2.2
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 0.7 0.3 3.4 3.2 0.8
Jan. 2010 (r) 1.2 -1.0 4.1 4.4 -1.9
February (r) 5.8 6.1 3.8 5.4 5.9
March (p) 5.1 5.8 5.2 8.5 5.1
Headline rate* 4.0 3.6 4.4 6.1 3.5

* The latest three-month average.

Source: National Statistics

(r) revised; (p) provisional.

Average of average earnings forecasts for 2010 is 2.1% (HM Treasury).


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