Workplace Report (November 2011)

Pay and prices

Annual increas in average weekly earnings (AWE) including bonuses

Month Whole economy Private sector Public sector Manu- facturing Services
July 2010 (r) 1.8 1.6 2.6 4.7 1.6
August (r) 2.1 1.9 2.7 4.2 2.1
September (r) 2.3 2.1 2.4 3.8 2.3
October (r) 2.0 2.0 2.4 3.8 2.2
November (r) 2.1 2.0 2.1 2.8 2.3
December (r) 1.3 1.3 2.7 1.3 1.9
Jan 2011 (r) 4.0 4.3 2.0 2.3 4.5
February (r) 1.8 1.4 2.0 0.2 1.9
March (r) 1.7 1.6 2.4 0.3 2.4
April (r) 2.5 2.7 2.2 1.6 2.9
May (r) 2.5 2.5 1.8 1.3 2.8
June (r) 2.9 3.4 2.5 2.1 3.4
July (r) 2.8 2.9 2.7 1.7 3.1
August (r) 2.3 2.3 2.2 1.1 2.5
September (p) 1.9 1.9 2.1 1.7 2.0
Headline rate1 2.3 2.4 2.3 1.5 2.5

1 The latest three-month average.

Source: Office for National Statistics

(r) revised, (p) provisional

Average of average earnings forecasts for 2011 is 2.4% (HM Treasury).


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