Average earnings indices (including bonuses)

	Earnings index*	% annual rise
		Whole economy	Manufacturing	Services	Private sector	Public sector
Apr 2006 (r)	125.5	4.1	6.1	3.7	4.3	3.1
May (r)	125.8	4.3	5.6	4.2	4.7	3.4
June (r)	126.5	4.9	5.9	4.8	5.0	3.6
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
Jan 2007	130.0	4.6	3.5	5.0	5.0	3.3
February	131.7	5.2	3.5	5.7	5.7	2.8
March	129.9	3.6	3.5	3.4	3.7	3.1
April	129.8	3.4	3.1	3.6	3.4	3.3
May (r)	130.3	3.5	4.4	3.4	3.7	2.9
June (p)	130.4	3.1	3.9	3.0	3.0	3.0
Headline rate** for June		3.3	3.8	3.3	3.4	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 4.2% (HM Treasury).