Workplace Report (September 2010)

Pay and prices

Annual increase in average weekly earnings including bonuses

Month Whole economy Private sector Public sector Manu- facturing Services
May 0.6 0.3 3.0 -0.1 1.0
June (r) 1.0 0.6 4.0 1.2 1.4
July (r) 0.1 -0.3 3.5 -0.5 0.6
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 0.8 0.3 3.8 2.0 1.1
December 0.7 0.3 3.4 3.2 0.8
January 2010 1.2 -1.0 4.1 4.4 -0.5
February 5.7 6.1 3.8 5.4 5.9
March 6.2 7.4 5.6 8.6 6.8
April 0.7 -0.1 3.1 2.8 0.6
May 1.4 1.4 1.1 3.1 1.5
June 1.3 0.3 4.4 2.7 1.3
July 1.9 1.7 2.4 4.1 1.9
Headline rate1 1.5 1.2 2.7 3.3 1.6

1 The latest three-month average.

(r) revised, (p) provisional

Source: National Statistics

Average of average earnings forecasts for 2010 is 2.4% (HM Treasury).


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