Workplace Report March 2015

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:

2014 Mar Apr May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec 2015 Jan Feb This pay round, Aug-Feb
All agreements 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.4
Private sector 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.4 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5
Public sector 3.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 1.0 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.6 2.7 7.6 7.6 1.7
Manual 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5
Non-manual 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.1 2.0 2.0 2.5 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.4
All industries 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5
All services 2.7 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.4 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.2

For the 12 months up to and including:

Mar Apr May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb
By agreements 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5
By workers covered 1.8 2.0 2.0 2.1 2.1 2.3 2.3 2.0 2.1 2.1 3.7 3.7

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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