Workplace Report January 2012

Pay and prices

Annual increase in average weekly earnings (AWE) including bonuses

Month Whole economy Private sector Public sector Manu- facturing Services
September (r) 2010 2.2 2.1 2.3 3.9 2.3
October 2.2 2.0 2.5 3.9 2.3
November (r) 2.1 2.0 2.3 2.9 2.4
December 1.3 1.3 2.7 1.3 1.9
Jan 2011 4.0 4.3 2.0 2.3 4.5
February 1.8 1.4 2.0 0.2 1.9
March 1.7 1.6 2.4 0.3 2.4
April 2.5 2.7 2.2 1.6 2.9
May 2.5 2.5 1.8 1.3 2.8
June 2.9 3.4 2.5 2.1 3.4
July 2.8 2.9 2.7 1.7 3.1
August 2.2 2.3 2.2 1.1 2.5
September 1.9 1.9 2.1 2.0 2.0
October (r) 2.1 2.2 1.9 1.0 2.4
November (p) 1.8 2.1 1.7 1.5 2.1
Headline rate1 1.9 2.0 1.9 1.5 2.1

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

(r) revised, (p) provisional.

Average of average earnings forecasts for 2012 is 2.4% (HM Treasury).