Pay and prices
Average earnings indices (including bonuses)
| Earnings index* | % annual rise | |||||
| Whole economy | Manufacturing | Services | Private sector | Public sector | ||
| January 2006 (r) | 124.3 | 2.8 | 5.2 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 4.1 |
| February (r) | 125.2 | 4.5 | 5.2 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.2 |
| March (r) | 125.6 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.4 |
| 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 | 126.8 | 3.8 | 5.3 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.2 |
| September | 127.3 | 4.1 | 5.4 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 3.4 |
| October | 127.6 | 4.2 | 5.1 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 3.3 |
| November | 128.2 | 4.0 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 3.1 |
| December | 129.0 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.3 |
| January 2007 (r) | 130.0 | 4.6 | 3.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 3.3 |
| February (r) | 131.7 | 5.2 | 3.5 | 5.7 | 5.8 | 2.9 |
| March (p) | 130.4 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.1 |
| Headline rate** for March | 4.5 | 3.4 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 3.1 |
* Whole economy, 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 2007 is 4.5% (HM Treasury).