Workplace Report (October 2019)

Pay and prices

Average weekly earnings (AWE)


Regular pay excluding bonuses. Percentage annual increases


Whole economy Private 
sector Public
 sector Public sector excl financial services
June 2018 (r) 2.8% 2.9% 2.5% 2.6%
July (r) 3.2% 3.3% 2.8% 2.9%
August (r) 3.2% 3.3% 2.6% 2.6%
September 3.1% 3.2% 2.8% 2.9%
October 3.5% 3.7% 2.7% 2.7%
November 3.5% 3.5% 3.1% 3.1%
December 3.4% 3.4% 2.9% 2.9%
January 2019 3.7% 3.9% 2.7% 2.7%
February 3.2% 3.5% 2.2% 2.2%
March 3.1% 3.3% 2.2% 2.1%
April 4.0% 3.9% 4.5% 4.6%
May 3.8% 3.8% 3.8% 3.8%
June 4.0% 4.1% 3.4% 3.5%
July (r) 3.8% 3.9% 3.2% 3.3%
August (p) 3.8% 3.9% 3.2% 3.3%
Headline rate1 3.8% 4.0% 3.3% 3.4%

 


1 The latest three-month average

(r) revised, (p) provisional.

Services Finance & business services Manu
fact
uring Constr
uction Wholesaling,
 retail,
 hotels,
 restaurants
June 2018 (r) 2.6% 2.2% 2.4% 5.5% 3.0%
July (r) 3.2% 2.7% 2.8% 4.3% 4.4%
August (r) 3.4% 2.3% 2.0% 3.9% 4.5%
September 3.3% 2.8% 2.2% 2.9% 3.0%
October 3.7% 3.5% 2.1% 3.0% 3.8%
November 3.5% 3.6% 2.0% 4.8% 3.1%
December 3.6% 3.9% 1.6% 3.8% 3.0%
January 2019 3.8% 4.6% 2.2% 3.9% 3.1%
February 3.2% 3.3% 2.2% 4.9% 2.5%
March 3.3% 4.4% 2.2% 3.2% 2.0%
April 4.0% 4.2% 2.3% 5.2% 3.0%
May 3.9% 4.3% 2.6% 5.2% 3.0%
June 4.2% 5.2% 2.3% 5.2% 3.4%
July (r) 3.8% 4.2% 2.4% 5.8% 3.3%
August (p) 3.8% 4.8% 2.9% 5.9% 3.0%
Headline rate1 3.9% 4.8% 2.5% 5.6% 3.2%

1 The latest three-month average

(r) revised, (p) provisional.

Source: Office for National Statistics

https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/earningsandworkinghours


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