Workplace Report February 2016

Pay and prices

Average weekly earnings (AWE) 

Total pay including bonuses. Percentage annual increases 

Month	Whole economy	Private sector	Public sector	Manufacturing	Services
October 2014 (r)	2.1%	2.5%	0.6%	1.6%	2.2%
November (r)	2.0%	2.5%	0.6%	1.2%	2.1%
December (r)	2.5%	2.8%	1.0%	2.1%	2.6%
January 2015	1.5%	1.7%	0.8%	0.3%	1.9%
February	1.1%	1.2%	2.2%	0.0%	1.4%
March	4.4%	5.7%	0.6%	2.1%	4.7%
April	2.7%	3.1%	0.9%	1.7%	2.8%
May	2.8%	3.3%	1.1%	1.0%	2.9%
June	2.3%	2.5%	1.0%	1.7%	2.4%
July	3.6%	4.3%	1.0%	1.7%	3.7%
August	3.2%	3.6%	1.2%	1.7%	3.2%
September	2.1%	2.3%	1.5%	1.2%	2.1%
October (r)	1.9%	2.1%	1.3%	1.5%	1.8%
November (r)	2.2%	2.3%	1.5%	1.5%	2.0%
December (p)	1.5%	1.7%	0.9%	0.9%	1.4%
Headline rate¹	1.9%	2.1%	1.3%	1.3%	1.7%

¹The latest three-month average.

(r) revised, (p) provisional.

Source: Office for National Statistics 

Average of average earnings forecasts for 2016 is 3.0% (HM Treasury).