Workplace Report October 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 Oct Nov Dec 2013 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun July Aug Sep This pay round, Aug-Sep
All agreements 1.5 2.0 2.1 2.7 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5
Private sector 2.5 2.4 2.1 2.7 2.7 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.7 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.8
Public sector 1.0 0.0 0.8 2.0 2.0 1.6 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
Manual 2.5 2.4 2.2 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.5 2.7
Non-manual 1.0 2.0 2.0 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.3 1.0
All industries 2.5 2.5 2.4 2.7 2.7 2.6 2.7 2.5 2.7 2.5 2.6 2.6 3.0
All services 1.0 2.0 2.0 2.7 2.6 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.1 2.2 2.1 2.2

For the 12 months up to and including:

Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun July Aug Sep
By agreements 2.8 2.7 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5
By workers covered 1.1 1.1 1.1 3.1 1.3 1.3 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.5

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.

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