Workplace Report (July 2010)

Pay and prices

Annual increase in average weekly earnings including bonuses

Month Whole economy Private sector Public sector Manufact- uring Services
Feb (2009) -3.9 -7.9 3.3 -0.3 -7.3
March (r) -3.3 -2.7 2.0 1.1 -2.4
April (r) 2.1 1.1 2.8 1.4 2.0
May (r) 0.6 0.4 2.9 -0.1 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 1.2 -1.0 4.1 4.4 -0.5
February 5.7 6.1 3.8 5.4 5.9
March 6.2 7.4 5.6 8.6 6.8
April (r) 0.7 0.0 3.1 2.8 0.6
May (p) 1.3 1.2 1.0 3.1 1.3
Headline rate* 2.7 2.8 3.2 4.9 2.8

* The latest three-month average

Source: National Statistics

(r) revised; (p) provisional

Average of average earnings forecasts for 2010 is 2.4% (HM Treasury)


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