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Average earnings indices (including bonuses)
| Earnings index* for whole economy | % annual rise | |||||
| Whole economy | Manufacturing | Services | Private sector | Public sector | ||
| July 2006 (r) | 126.7 | 3.8 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 4.1 |
| August (r) | 126.9 | 3.8 | 5.3 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.2 |
| September (r) | 127.5 | 4.0 | 5.6 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 3.3 |
| October | 127.8 | 4.3 | 5.1 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 3.2 |
| November | 128.2 | 4.0 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 3.1 |
| December | 128.8 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.3 |
| January 2007 | 129.3 | 4.9 | 3.5 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 3.3 |
| February | 131.3 | 4.9 | 3.6 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 2.8 |
| March | 129.7 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 3.1 |
| April | 129.8 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 3.2 |
| May | 130.5 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.0 |
| June | 131.1 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.1 |
| July (r) | 131.5 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 2.5 |
| August (r) | 132.2 | 4.2 | 2.8 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 3.2 |
| Sept (p) | 132.8 | 4.2 | 2.1 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 3.2 |
| Headline rate** for September | 4.1 | 3.0 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.0 |
* 2000=100. ** Average of earnings increases for latest three months compared to year earlier.
(r) revised. (p) provisional. Source: National Statistics.Average of average earnings forecasts for 2007 is 4.0% (HM Treasury).