Workplace Report July 2015

Pay and prices

Average weekly earnings (AWE)

Total pay including bonuses. Percentage annual increases

Month	Whole economy	Private sector	Public sector	Manufacturing	Services
March 2014 (r)	1.7%	1.1%	1.8%	2.3%	0.9%
April (r)	-1.7%	-1.8%	0.5%	0.6%	-1.7%
May (r)	0.5%	0.7%	0.1%	2.1%	0.6%
June	0.6%	1.4%	-2.1%	2.2%	0.4%
July	0.7%	0.8%	1.1%	1.9%	0.3%
August	0.9%	1.1%	0.6%	1.4%	0.8%
September	1.5%	1.7%	0.8%	2.3%	1.3%
October	2.0%	2.4%	0.5%	1.6%	2.0%
November	1.9%	2.3%	0.7%	1.1%	2.0%
December	2.4%	2.7%	0.9%	2.1%	2.4%
January 2015	1.4%	1.7%	0.6%	0.2%	1.8%
February	1.1%	1.3%	0.9%	0.0%	1.3%
March	4.4%	5.6%	-0.9%	2.1%	4.7%
April (r)	2.7%	3.0%	0.9%	1.7%	2.8%
May (p)	2.6%	3.0%	1.2%	0.7%	2.7%
Headline rate¹	3.2%	3.8%	0.4%	1.5%	3.4%

¹The latest three-month average.

(r) revised, (p) provisional

Source: Office for National Statistics

Average of average earnings forecasts for 2015 is 2.7% (HM Treasury).