Workplace Report September 2010

Pay and prices

Annual increase in average weekly earnings including bonuses

Month	Whole economy	Private sector	Public sector	Manu- facturing	Services
May	0.6	0.3	3.0	-0.1	1.0
June (r)	1.0	0.6	4.0	1.2	1.4
July (r)	0.1	-0.3	3.5	-0.5	0.6
August	0.7	-0.3	3.5	1.7	0.5
September	0.8	0.0	3.8	1.6	1.1
October	0.5	-0.4	3.8	1.6	0.5
November	0.8	0.3	3.8	2.0	1.1
December	0.7	0.3	3.4	3.2	0.8
January 2010	1.2	-1.0	4.1	4.4	-0.5
February	5.7	6.1	3.8	5.4	5.9
March	6.2	7.4	5.6	8.6	6.8
April	0.7	-0.1	3.1	2.8	0.6
May	1.4	1.4	1.1	3.1	1.5
June	1.3	0.3	4.4	2.7	1.3
July	1.9	1.7	2.4	4.1	1.9
Headline rate¹	1.5	1.2	2.7	3.3	1.6

¹The latest three-month average.

(r) revised, (p) provisional

Source: National Statistics

Average of average earnings forecasts for 2010 is 2.4% (HM Treasury).