Workplace Report December 2011

Pay and prices

Annual increase in average weekly earnings (AWE) including bonuses

Month	Whole economy	Private sector	Public sector	Manufacturing	Services
August 2010	2.1	1.9	2.7	4.2	2.1
September (r)	2.2	2.1	2.4	3.9	2.3
October (r)	2.2	2.0	2.5	3.9	2.3
November	2.1	2.0	2.1	2.8	2.3
December	1.3	1.3	2.7	1.3	1.9
Jan 2011	4.0	4.3	2.0	2.3	4.5
February	1.8	1.4	2.0	0.2	1.9
March	1.7	1.6	2.4	0.3	2.4
April	2.5	2.7	2.2	1.6	2.9
May	2.5	2.5	1.8	1.3	2.8
June	2.9	3.4	2.5	2.1	3.4
July	2.8	2.9	2.7	1.7	3.1
August (r)	2.2	2.3	2.2	1.1	2.5
September	1.9	1.9	2.1	2.0	2.0
October (p)	2.0	2.2	2.0	1.2	2.3
Headline rate¹	2.0	2.1	2.1	1.4	2.3

¹The latest three-month average.

Source: Office for National Statistics

(r) revised, (p) provisional.

Average of average earnings forecasts for 2011 is 2.4% (HM Treasury).