Workplace Report January 2015

Pay and prices

Average weekly earnings (AWE)

Total pay including bonuses. Percentage annual increases

Month	Whole economy	Private sector	Public sector	Manufacturing	Services
September 2013 (r)	0.9%	1.0%	0.5%	1.8%	0.7%
October (r)	0.9%	1.0%	0.7%	2.2%	0.8%
November (r)	0.7%	0.7%	0.6%	2.8%	0.5%
December	1.7%	2.0%	0.2%	2.9%	1.4%
January 2014	1.6%	2.0%	0.8%	3.8%	1.2%
February	1.9%	2.0%	1.3%	2.9%	1.9%
March	2.1%	2.4%	1.4%	2.5%	2.0%
April	-1.4%	-1.9%	0.6%	0.8%	-1.6%
May	0.4%	0.7%	0.1%	2.0%	0.3%
June	0.6%	1.4%	-2.1%	2.2%	0.4%
July	0.7%	0.8%	1.1%	1.9%	0.3%
August	0.9%	1.1%	0.6%	1.4%	0.8%
September (r)	1.5%	1.7%	0.8%	2.3%	1.3%
October (r)	2.0%	2.3%	0.5%	1.6%	2.0%
November (p)	1.8%	2.1%	0.6%	1.1%	1.8%
Headline rate¹	1.7%	2.1%	0.7%	1.7%	1.7%

¹The latest three-month average.

r) revised, (p) provisional.

Source: Office for National Statistics

Average of average earnings forecasts for 2015 is 2.5% (HM Treasury).