Workplace Report January 2014

Pay and prices

Average weekly earnings (AWE)

Total pay including bonuses. Percentage annual increases

Month Whole economy Private sector Public sector Manu facturing Services
September 2012 (r) 1.7% 1.7% 2.2% 1.3% 1.9%
October (r) 1.3% 1.2% 2.0% 2.1% 1.2%
November (r) 1.5% 1.5% 1.9% 1.5% 1.6%
December 1.3% 1.2% 1.9% 1.8% 1.5%
January 2013 1.1% 0.9% 1.8% 1.5% 1.2%
February 1.0% 0.6% 4.8% 1.8% 1.0%
March -0.3% -1.0% 1.2% 2.9% -0.3%
April 3.8% 5.1% 1.4% 3.5% 3.8%
May 1.8% 2.0% 1.4% 1.7% 1.8%
June 0.9% 1.3% -0.1% 2.6% 0.9%
July 0.8% 1.0% 0.1% 2.1% 0.7%
August 0.6% 1.2% -1.3% 1.6% 0.3%
September (r) 0.9% 1.2% 0.0% 1.8% 0.7%
October (r) 1.1% 1.4% 0.3% 2.1% 1.0%
November (p) 0.7% 0.9% 0.2% 2.5% 0.5%
Headline rate1 0.9% 1.2% 0.2% 2.1% 0.7%

1 The latest three-month average.

Source: Office for National Statistics

(r) revised, (p) provisional

Average of average earnings forecasts for 2014 is 2.2% (HM Treasury).

www.ons.gov.uk/ons/dcp171778_347785.pdf