Workplace Report February 2013

Pay and prices

Labour Research Department three-monthly pay figures

Percentage increases on lowest basic rates (by agreements covered)

For the three months up to and including:

2012 Feb Mar April May June Jul Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec 2013 Jan This pay round, Aug-Jan
All agreements 2.7 2.8 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.3 2.1 2.1 3.0 2.7
Private sector 2.8 2.8 2.6 2.7 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.6 2.5 2.3 2.0 3.0 2.8
Public sector 1.5 1.5 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.7 4.3 n.a 1.0
Manual 3.0 3.0 2.8 2.8 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.3 3.0 2.8
Non-manual 2.5 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.1 3.2 2.7
All industries 2.8 3.0 3.0 3.0 2.8 2.7 3.0 3.0 2.8 2.8 2.5 2.7 2.8
All services 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 3.2 2.5

For the 12 months up to and including:

Feb Mar April May June Jul Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan
By agreements 2.8 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.6 2.8 2.9 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.6 2.5
By workers covered 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.1 3.1

The figures show median (midpoint) pay settlements among all the agreements monitored through the LRD Payline database. The weighted median (by number of workers covered) appears in the 12-monthly table.