Workplace Report September 2012

Pay and prices

Annual increases in average weekly earnings (AWE) including bonuses

Month	Whole economy	Private sector	Public sector	Manu- facturing	Services
May (r)	2.5	2.6	1.8	1.2	2.8
June (r)	3.2	3.6	3.2	2.1	3.6
July (r)	3.1	3.1	3.0	1.7	3.3
August (r)	2.2	2.2	2.1	1.1	2.4
September (r)	1.8	1.8	2.1	2.0	1.9
October (r)	2.1	2.3	1.9	1.0	2.4
November (r)	2.0	2.2	1.7	2.1	2.1
December (r)	1.9	2.2	1.3	1.3	2.3
January 2012 (r)	0.1	-0.1	0.8	0.8	-0.2
February (r)	0.8	0.7	1.2	2.2	0.8
March (r)	1.0	1.0	0.5	-0.5	1.1
April (r)	2.3	2.7	1.4	2.4	2.3
May (r)	1.8	2.0	1.6	2.9	1.6
June (r)	1.3	1.8	0.9	2.7	1.0
July (p)	1.4	1.6	1.2	2.3	1.2
Headline rate¹	1.5	1.8	1.2	2.6	1.3

¹The latest three-month average

(r) revised, (p) provisional

Source: Office for National Statistics

Average of average earnings forecasts for 2012 is 1.6% (HM Treasury).