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)