Pay and prices
Average earnings indices (including bonuses)
| Earnings index* | Annual rise | |||||
| Whole economy | Manufacturing | Services | Private sector | Public sector | ||
| August 2005 (r) | 122.1 | 4.1% | 4.3% | 4.1% | 4.1% | 4.3% |
| September (r) | 122.3 | 3.8% | 4.5% | 3.5% | 3.8% | 4.0% |
| October (r) | 122.4 | 3.2% | 4.5% | 2.9% | 3.0% | 4.1% |
| November | 123.1 | 3.5% | 4.4% | 3.4% | 3.2% | 4.4% |
| December | 124.0 | 4.2% | 4.4% | 3.9% | 3.9% | 4.7% |
| January 2006 | 124.5 | 3.0% | 5.0% | 2.8% | 2.9% | 4.1% |
| February | 125.8 | 5.0% | 5.2% | 5.1% | 5.3% | 4.1% |
| March | 125.3 | 4.4% | 4.8% | 4.4% | 4.4% | 4.3% |
| April | 124.8 | 3.5% | 5.9% | 3.2% | 3.7% | 2.9% |
| May | 125.9 | 4.4% | 5.7% | 4.2% | 4.7% | 3.7% |
| June | 126.6 | 4.9% | 5.8% | 4.9% | 5.3% | 3.7% |
| July | 126.5 | 3.9% | 4.8% | 3.8% | 3.8% | 4.1% |
| August (r) | 126.8 | 3.8% | 5.3% | 3.7% | 3.9% | 3.2% |
| Sept (r) | 127.3 | 4.1% | 5.4% | 4.2% | 4.3% | 3.4% |
| October (p) | 127.7 | 4.3% | 5.3% | 4.4% | 4.5% | 3.2% |
| Headline rate** for Oct | 4.1% | 5.3% | 4.1% | 4.2% | 3.3% |
* 2000=100.
** Average of earnings increases for latest three months compared to year earlier.
(r) revised. (p) provisional.Source: National Statistics.
Average of average earnings forecasts for 2006 is 4.1% (HM Treasury).