Workplace Report (September 2014)

Pay and prices

Average weekly earnings (AWE)

Total pay including bonuses. Percentage annual increases

Month Whole economy Private sector Public sector Manufacturing Services
May 2013 (r) 1.8% 1.9% 1.3% 1.7% 1.8%
June (r) 1.0% 1.1% 0.1% 2.6% 0.9%
July (r) 0.8% 1.1% 0.3% 2.1% 0.8%
August (r) 0.6% 1.1% -1.3% 1.6% 0.3%
September (r) 0.9% 1.2% 0.1% 1.8% 0.8%
October (r) 1.1% 1.4% 0.2% 2.1% 1.0%
November (r) 0.7% 1.0% 0.1% 2.7% 0.6%
December (r) 1.7% 2.0% 0.2% 2.9% 1.4%
January 2014 (r) 1.6% 2.0% 0.8% 3.8% 1.2%
February (r) 1.9% 2.0% 1.3% 2.9% 1.9%
March (r) 2.1% 2.4% 1.4% 2.5% 2.0%
April (r) -1.4% -1.9% 0.5% 0.8% -1.6%
May (r) 0.4% 0.7% 0.1% 2.0% 0.3%
June (r) 0.6% 1.3% -2.3% 2.2% 0.4%
July (p) 0.7% 0.8% 0.5% 1.8% 0.3%
Headline rate1 0.6% 0.9% -0.6% 2.0% 0.3%

1 The latest three-month average

(r) revised, (p) provisional

Source: Office for National Statistics

Average of average earnings forecasts for 2014 is 1.4% (HM Treasury).

www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/lms/labour-market-statistics/september-2014/index.html


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