Workplace Report March 2010

Pay and prices

Annual increase in average weekly earnings (including bonuses)

Month	Whole economy	Private sector	Public sector	Manufact- uring	Services
Nov. 2008 (r)	2.0	2.3	3.2	3.1	2.3
December (r)	2.0	2.3	3.2	2.2	2.8
Jan. 2009 (r)	-0.6	-2.4	3.1	1.3	-2.1
February	-6.3	-7.7	3.2	-0.5	-7.1
March	-0.9	-2.1	2.3	1.7	-1.9
April	1.4	1.1	3.0	1.6	1.7
May	0.8	0.3	2.8	-0.2	1.1
June	1.2	0.4	3.9	1.1	1.4
July	0.6	-0.5	3.3	-0.6	0.5
August	0.7	-0.3	3.5	1.7	0.5
September	0.8	0.0	3.8	1.6	1.1
October	0.5	-0.4	3.8	1.6	0.5
November (r)	0.8	0.3	3.8	2.0	1.1
December (r)	0.7	0.3	3.4	3.2	0.8
Jan. 2010 (p)	1.0	-0.7	4.1	4.3	-0.2
Headline rate*	0.9	0.0	3.8	3.2	0.6

(r) revised; (p) provisional.

* The latest three-month average.

Source: National Statistics.

Average of average earnings forecasts for 2010 is 2.3% (HM Treasury).