Workplace Report February 2013

Pay and prices

Average weekly earnings (AWE)

Total pay including bonuses. Percentage annual increases

Month	Whole economy	Private sector	Public sector	Manu- facturing	Services
October 2011	2.2	2.4	1.9	1.0	2.5
November (r)	2.1	2.3	1.8	2.1	2.1
December (r)	2.1	2.4	1.3	1.4	2.4
January 2012	0.1	-0.1	0.8	0.8	-0.2
February	0.8	0.7	1.2	2.2	0.8
March	1.0	1.0	0.5	-0.5	1.1
April	2.3	2.7	1.4	2.4	2.3
May	1.8	2.0	1.6	2.9	1.6
June	1.3	1.8	1.0	2.7	1.0
July	1.5	1.6	1.4	2.0	1.4
August	2.3	2.2	3.1	2.6	2.4
September	1.8	1.7	2.2	1.2	2.0
October	1.3	1.3	2.0	2.1	1.3
November (r)	1.4	1.4	1.9	1.5	1.5
December (p)	1.4	1.2	2.2	1.7	1.6
Headline rate¹	1.4	1.3	2.0	1.8	1.5

¹The latest three-month average

Source: Office for National Statistics

(r) revised, (p) provisional

Average of average earnings forecasts for 2013 is 2.1% (HM Treasury)