Workplace Report (May 2012)

Pay and prices

Labour Research Department three-monthly pay figures

Percentage increases on lowest basic rates (by agreements covered).

For the three months up to and including:

2011 May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec 2012 Jan Feb Mar April This pay round, Aug-Apr
All agreements 2.5 2.5 2.8 2.5 2.4 2.0 2.4 2.5 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 2.5
Private sector 2.6 2.5 3.0 2.7 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0
Public sector 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.3 2.0 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.8 1.6
Manual 3.0 2.9 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0
Non-manual 2.5 2.3 3.0 2.2 2.0 1.9 2.0 2.5 2.8 2.9 3.0 3.0 2.5
All industries 2.5 2.5 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0
All services 2.5 2.5 3.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.5 3.1 3.1 3.3 3.0 2.4

For the 12 months up to and including:

May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar April
By agreements 2.5 2.6 2.8 2.9 3.0 3.0 2.9 2.9 2.8 2.8 2.5 2.5
By workers covered 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.4

The figures show median (midpoint) pay settlements among all the agreements monitored through the LRD Payline database. The weighted median (by number of workers covered) appears in the 12-monthly table.


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