Workplace Report (March 2011)

Pay and prices

Annual increase in average weekly earnings (AWE) including bonuses

Month Whole economy Private sector Public sector Manu- facturing Services
November 2009 (r) 0.9 0.1 3.8 1.9 0.9
December (r) 1.1 0.6 3.5 3.6 0.9
January 2010 (r) 1.0 -0.5 4.1 3.9 1.7
February 5.5 5.8 3.8 5.3 5.5
March 6.8 7.3 5.7 9.5 6.4
April 0.4 -0.5 3.2 3.7 0.3
May 0.9 0.9 1.0 4.1 1.0
June 1.1 0.1 4.4 3.2 0.9
July 1.8 1.7 2.2 4.7 1.8
August 2.1 1.9 2.2 4.2 2.1
September 2.2 2.0 2.4 3.9 2.3
October 2.0 2.0 2.6 3.9 2.4
November 2.1 2.0 2.4 2.9 2.5
December (r) 1.2 1.1 2.2 1.3 1.7
January 2011 (p) 3.5 3.8 2.4 1.8 3.9
Headline rate1 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.0 2.7

1 The latest three-month average.

Source: National Statistics

(r) revised, (p) provisional.

Average of average earnings forecasts for 2011 is 2.6% (HM Treasury).


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