Workplace Report (February 2010)

Pay and prices

Annual increase in average weekly earnings (including bonuses)

Month Whole economy Private sector Public sector Manufact- uring Services
October 2008 3.5 3.7 3.6 3.2 4.0
November 2.4 2.1 3.7 3.1 2.6
December 2.6 2.5 3.2 2.1 3.2
January 2009 -2.0 -3.1 3.1 1.5 -2.8
February -6.3 -7.7 3.2 -0.5 -7.1
March -0.9 -2.1 2.3 1.7 -1.9
April 1.4 1.1 3.0 1.6 1.7
May 0.8 0.3 2.8 -0.2 1.1
June 1.2 0.4 3.9 1.1 1.4
July 0.6 -0.5 3.3 -0.6 0.5
August 0.7 -0.3 3.5 1.7 0.5
September 0.8 0.0 3.8 1.6 1.1
October 0.5 -0.4 3.8 1.6 0.5
November 1.0 0.3 3.8 2.0 1.2
December 0.9 0.2 3.5 3.1 0.7
Headline rate* 0.8 0.2 3.7 2.2 0.8

* The latest three-month average.

Source: National Statistics.

Average of average earnings forecasts for 2010 is 1.5% (HM Treasury).


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