Workplace Report October 2013

Pay and prices

Average weekly earnings (AWE)

Month Whole economy Private sector Public sector Manufacturing Services
June 2012 (r) 1.2% 1.7% 0.9% 2.3% 1.0%
July (r) 1.5% 1.6% 1.1% 1.9% 1.3%
August (r) 2.2% 2.1% 3.3% 2.7% 2.3%
September 1.8% 1.7% 2.2% 1.2% 2.0%
October 1.3% 1.3% 2.0% 2.1% 1.3%
November 1.4% 1.4% 1.9% 1.5% 1.4%
December 1.3% 1.2% 2.0% 1.8% 1.5%
January 2013 1.0% 0.8% 1.9% 1.5% 1.1%
February 0.9% 0.6% 1.1% 1.8% 1.0%
March -0.2% -1.0% 1.1% 2.9% -0.3%
April 3.9% 5.0% 1.4% 3.5% 3.8%
May 1.8% 2.1% 1.4% 1.7% 1.9%
June 1.0% 1.3% -0.1% 2.6% 0.9%
July (r) 0.8% 1.0% 0.2% 2.1% 0.7%
August (p) 0.4% 1.0% -1.6% 1.6% 0.1%
Headline rate1 0.7% 1.1% -0.5% 2.1% 0.6%

1 The latest three-month average.

Source: Office for National Statistics

(r) revised, (p) provisional.

Average of average earnings forecasts for 2013 is 1.5% (HM Treasury).

www.ons.gov.uk/ons/dcp171778_327398.pdf