Pay and prices
Average earnings indices (including bonuses)
| Earnings index | % annual rise | |||||
| Whole economy | Manufacturing | Services | Private sector | Public sector | ||
| June 2006 (r) | 127.0 | 5.0 | 5.8 | 4.9 | 5.3 | 3.7 |
| July (r) | 126.7 | 3.8 | 4.8 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 4.1 |
| August (r) | 126.8 | 3.8 | 5.3 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 3.2 |
| Sept (r) | 127.5 | 4.1 | 5.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.4 |
| October (r) | 127.8 | 4.3 | 5.1 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 3.2 |
| November (r) | 128.2 | 4.0 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 3.1 |
| December (r) | 128.8 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.3 |
| Jan 2007 (r) | 129.3 | 4.9 | 3.5 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 3.3 |
| February (r) | 131.3 | 4.9 | 3.6 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 2.8 |
| March (r) | 129.7 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 3.1 |
| April (r) | 129.8 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 3.2 |
| May (r) | 130.5 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.0 |
| June (r) | 131.1 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.1 |
| July (r) | 131.5 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 2.5 |
| August (p) | 132.2 | 4.2 | 2.7 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 3.1 |
| Headline rate** for Aug | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 2.9 |
* 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).