Workplace Report (September 2018)

Pay and prices

Labour Research Department’s Payline Database 


Percentage increases on lowest basic rates (by agreements covered)


For the three months up to and including: 


For the three months up to and including: This pay round, Aug-Aug
2017
 Sept Oct Nov Dec 2018 
Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug
All agreements 1.0 1.0 2.5 3.1 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 2.8 3.0 3.5
Private sector 2.1 3.0 3.0 3.2 2.8 2.8 2.8 3.0 3.0 3.0 2.8 2.8 3.0
Public sector 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.3 3.9 3.9 3.9 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.3 3.5 3.6
Manual 2.0 2.8 3.0 3.5 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 2.8 2.9 3.4
Non-manual 1.0 1.0 2.2 2.9 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 2.6 2.7 3.6
All industries 2.3 2.5 2.8 3.0 2.8 2.7 2.8 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.8
All services 1.0 1.0 2.5 3.2 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 2.7 2.8 3.3
For the twelve months up to and including:
Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug
By agreements 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.3 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.8 2.8 2.9 2.8 3.0
By workers covered 2.3 2.3 2.5 2.5 2.4 2.3 2.4 4.4 5.9 6.0 5.9 6.4

The figures show median (midpoint) pay settlements among all the agreements monitored through LRD’s Payline database. The weighted median (by number of workers covered) appears in the 12-monthly table.

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