Workplace Report September 2015

Pay and prices

Average weekly earnings (AWE) 

Total pay including bonuses. Percentage annual increases 

	Whole economy	Private  sector	Public sector	Manufacturing	Services
May 2014 (r)	0.5%	0.7%	0.0%	2.0%	0.5%
June (r)	0.8%	1.9%	-1.6%	1.8%	0.8%
July (r)	0.7%	0.6%	0.9%	1.8%	0.4%
August	0.9%	1.1%	0.6%	1.4%	0.8%
September	1.5%	1.7%	0.8%	2.3%	1.3%
October	2.0%	2.4%	0.5%	1.6%	2.0%
November	1.9%	2.3%	0.7%	1.1%	2.0%
December	2.4%	2.7%	0.9%	2.1%	2.4%
January 2015	1.4%	1.7%	0.6%	0.2%	1.8%
February	1.1%	1.3%	0.9%	0.0%	1.3%
March	4.4%	5.6%	-0.9%	2.1%	4.7%
April	2.6%	3.0%	0.8%	1.7%	2.7%
May (r)	2.8%	3.2%	1.1%	1.0%	2.9%
June (r)	2.3%	2.5%	1.3%	1.7%	2.4%
July (p)	3.7%	4.4%	0.6%	2.2%	3.9%
Headline rate¹	2.9%	3.4%	1.0%	1.6%	3.1%

¹The latest three-month average.

(r) revised, (p) provisional

Source: Office for National Statistics  

Average of average earnings forecasts for 2015 is 2.7% (HM Treasury).