TUESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1981
WAGE INDEXES FOR MANUFACTURING WORKERS
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THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY PUBLISHED WAGE INDEXES FOR MANUFACTURING WORKERS IN SEPTEMBER 1980. THESE ARE DERIVED FROM HALF-YEARLY WAGE SURVEYS CONDUCTED BY THE DEPARTMENT. AS THE SURVEYS ARE NOT BASED ON A SCIENTIFICALLY SELECTED SAMPLE, THE RESULTS CAN ONLY BE CONSIDERED AS ROUGHLY INDICATIVE OF HOW WAGES MAY HAVE BEEN CHANGING.
TAKING AVERAGE WAGES DURING THE PERIOD JULY 1973 TO JUNE 1974 AS 100, THE INDEX OF NOMINAL AVERAGE DAILY WAGES (EXCLUDING FRINGE BENEFITS) FOR MANUFACTURING WORKERS IN SEPTEMBER 1980 WAS 208. COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1979, THERE WAS AN INCREASE OF 27 POINTS OR 14.9 PER CENT, COMPARED WITH MARCH 1980, THERE WAS AN INCREASE OF 12 POINTS OR 6,1 PER CENT.
INCLUDING FRINGE BENEFITS, THE INDEX IN SEPTEMBER 1980 WAS 214, REPRESENTING AN INCREASE OF 29 POINTS OR 15.7 PER CENT OVER SEPTEMBER 1979 AND 12 POINTS OR 5.9 PER CENT OVER MARCH 1980.
THE INDEXES FOR THE LARGER MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES IN TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT SHOW THE FOLLOWING CHANGES FOR SEPTEMBER 1980 COMPARED WITH MARCH 1980
NOMINAL INDEX
EXCLUDING FRINGE BENEFITS
% CHANGE SEPT 80 OVER
INDUSTRY
SEPT 79 MAR 80 SEPT 80
MAR 80
SEPT 79
MANUFACTURING
181
196
208
+ 6.1
+14.9
TEXTILES
182
203
213
+ 4.9
+17.0
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES
189
202
216
+ 6.9
+14.3
ELECTRONICS
181
208
216
+ 3.8
+19.3
GARMENTS
172
182
197
+ 8.2
+14.5
GLOVES
160
167
179
+ 7.2
+11.9
HANDBAGS
168
194
195
+ 0.5
+16.1
PLASTIC PRODUCTS OTHER
THAN FLOWERS AND TOYS
215
233
238
+ 2.1
+10.7
PLASTIC TOYS
181
200
204
+ 2.0
+12.7
PRINTING
213
222
254
+14.4
+19.2
NOMINAL INDEX