Workplace Report January 2021

Pay and prices

Labour Research Department’s Payline database

Percentage increases on lowest basic rates (by agreements covered) For the three months up to and including: This pay round,
For the three months up to and including: This pay round, Aug-Nov
2019 Dec 2020 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun July Aug Sept Oct Nov
All agreements 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.6 2.5 2.6 2.5 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.5 2.5
Private sector 2.8 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.3 2.0 2.3 2.4 2.1
Public sector 2.6 2.8 2.8 2.8 3.0 3.0 3.0 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.8 2.8 2.8
Manual 2.9 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.3 2.0 2.3 2.5 2.4
Non-manual 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.1 2.0 2.2 2.5 2.5 2.6
All industries 2.8 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.3 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.4 2.0
All services 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.5 3.0 2.9 2.8 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5

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

For the twelve months up to and including:
Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun July Aug Sept Oct Nov
By agreements 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.7 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.5
By workers covered 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.2 3.2 3.3 3.2 2.8 2.5 2.4 2.5

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