Workplace Report May 2011

Pay and prices

Annual increase in average weekly earnings (AWE) including bonuses

Month Whole economy Private sector Public sector Manu- facturing Services
Jan 2010 (r) 1.4 -0.2 4.2 3.9 2.1
February (r) 5.5 7.5 3.9 5.7 6.6
March 4.7 4.6 5.6 9.2 4.4
April 0.4 -0.5 3.2 3.7 0.3
May 0.9 0.9 1.0 4.1 1.0
June 1.1 0.1 4.4 3.2 0.9
July 1.8 1.7 2.2 4.7 1.8
August 2.1 1.9 2.2 4.2 2.1
September 2.2 2.0 2.4 3.9 2.3
October 2.0 2.0 2.6 3.9 2.4
November 2.1 2.0 2.4 2.9 2.5
December 1.2 1.1 2.2 1.3 1.7
Jan 2011 (r) 3.9 4.2 2.4 2.3 4.2
February (r) 1.3 0.9 2.2 0.1 1.3
March (p) 1.7 1.6 2.5 0.5 2.5
Headline rate1 2.3 2.2 2.4 1.0 2.7

1 The latest three-month average. Source: National Statistics

(r) revised, (p) provisional.

Average of average earnings forecasts for 2011 is 2.7% (HM Treasury).