Workplace Report March 2021

Pay and prices

Labour Research Department’s Payline database

Percentage increases on lowest basic rates (by agreements covered)

For the three months up to and including: This pay round, Aug-Jan
2020 Feb Mar Apr May Jun July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan
All agreements 2.5 2.5 2.6 2.5 2.6 2.5 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.1 2.2
Private sector 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.3 2.0 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.0 2.0
Public sector 2.8 2.8 3.0 3.0 3.0 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.8 2.8 3.0 3.0 2.5
Manual 2.5 2.5 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.3 2.0 2.3 2.5 2.5 2.1 2.2
Non-manual 2.5 2.5 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.1 2.0 2.2 2.5 2.5 2.8 2.0 2.0
All industries 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.3 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.4 2.0 2.0 2.0
All services 2.6 2.5 3.0 2.9 2.8 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.4 2.5

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

For the twelve months up to and including:
Feb Mar Apr May Jun July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan
By agreements 2.8 2.7 2.7 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5
By workers covered 3.8 3.8 3.2 3.2 3.3 3.2 2.8 2.5 2.39 2.5 2.5 2.4

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