Workplace Report October 2015

Pay and prices

Average weekly earnings (AWE)

Total pay including bonuses. Percentage annual increases

	Whole economy	Private  sector	Public sector	Manufacturing	Services
June 2014 (r)	0.7%	1.6%	0.4%	2.1%	0.6%
July (r)	0.7%	0.7%	0.3%	1.8%	0.3%
August (r)	0.9%	1.1%	0.4%	1.5%	0.9%
September (r)	1.5%	1.8%	0.7%	2.3%	1.4%
October (r)	2.0%	2.4%	0.6%	1.6%	2.1%
November (r)	2.0%	2.4%	0.7%	1.1%	2.0%
December (r)	2.5%	2.9%	0.9%	2.1%	2.5%
January 2015 (r)	1.5%	1.7%	0.8%	0.3%	1.9%
February (r)	1.1%	1.2%	2.2%	0.0%	1.4%
March (r)	4.4%	5.7%	0.6%	2.1%	4.7%
April (r)	2.7%	3.1%	0.9%	1.7%	2.8%
May (r)	2.8%	3.3%	1.1%	1.0%	2.9%
June (r)	2.3%	2.5%	1.0%	1.7%	2.4%
July (r)	3.6%	4.3%	1.0%	1.8%	3.7%
August (p)	3.1%	3.5%	1.2%	1.8%	3.1%
Headline rate¹	3.0%	3.4%	1.1%	1.7%	3.1%

¹The latest three-month average.

(r) revised, (p) provisional

Source: Office for National Statistics

Average of average earnings forecasts for 2015 is 2.8% (HM Treasury).