Workplace Report May 2013

Pay and prices

Average weekly earnings (AWE)

Total pay including bonuses. Percentage annual increases

Month	Whole economy	Private sector	Public sector	Manu- facturing	Services
January 2012 (r)	0.0	-0.2	0.7	1.0	-0.2
February (r)	0.9	0.7	1.4	1.9	1.0
March (r)	1.2	1.2	0.7	-0.2	1.5
April	2.3	2.7	1.4	2.4	2.3
May	1.8	2.0	1.6	2.9	1.6
June	1.3	1.8	1.0	2.7	1.0
July	1.5	1.6	1.4	2.0	1.4
August	2.3	2.2	3.1	2.6	2.4
September	1.8	1.7	2.2	1.2	2.0
October	1.3	1.3	2.0	2.1	1.3
November	1.4	1.4	1.9	1.5	1.4
December	1.3	1.2	2.0	1.8	1.5
January 2013 (r)	1.0	0.8	1.9	1.5	1.1
February (r)	0.8	0.6	1.1	1.8	0.8
March (p)	-0.7	-1.3	1.1	2.9	-0.9
Headline rate¹	0.4	0.0	1.4	2.1	0.3

¹The latest three-month average.

(r) revised, (p) provisional

Source: Office for National Statistics

Average of average earnings forecasts for 2013 is 1.6% (HM Treasury).