Workplace Report December 2013

Pay and prices

Average weekly earnings (AWE)

Total pay including bonuses. Percentage annual increases

Month	Whole economy	Private sector	Public sector	Manufacturing	Services
August 2012 (r)	2.2%	2.1%	3.3%	2.6%	2.3%
September (r)	1.8%	1.8%	2.2%	1.3%	1.9%
October (r)	1.3%	1.3%	2.0%	2.1%	1.2%
November (r)	1.4%	1.4%	1.8%	1.5%	1.4%
December (r)	1.3%	1.2%	1.9%	1.8%	1.5%
January 2013 (r)	1.1%	0.9%	1.8%	1.5%	1.2%
February (r)	1.0%	0.6%	4.8%	1.8%	1.0%
March (r)	-0.3%	-1.0%	1.2%	2.9%	-0.3%
April (r)	3.8%	5.1%	1.4%	3.5%	3.8%
May (r)	1.8%	2.0%	1.4%	1.7%	1.8%
June (r)	0.9%	1.3%	-0.1%	2.6%	0.9%
July (r)	0.8%	1.0%	0.1%	2.1%	0.7%
August (r)	0.6%	1.2%	-1.3%	1.6%	0.3%
September (r)	1.0%	1.2%	0.0%	1.8%	0.8%
October (p)	1.1%	1.4%	0.3%	1.9%	1.0%
Headline rate¹	0.9%	1.3%	-0.3%	1.7%	0.7%

1 The latest three-month average. Source: Office for National Statistics (r) revised, (p) provisional.

Average of average earnings forecasts for 2014 is 2.4% (HM Treasury).