FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 1982
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WAGE INDEXES FOR MANUFACTURING WORKERS
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THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY (FRIDAY) PUBLISHED THE WAGE INDEXES FOR MANUFACTURING WORKERS IN SEPTEMBER 1981, 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 1981 WAS 242.
COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1980, THERE WAS AN INCREASE OF 34 POINTS OR 16.3 PER CENT. COMPARED WITH MARCH 1981, THERE WAS AN INCREASE OF 18 POINTS OR EIGHT PER CENT. INCLUDING FRINGE BENEFITS, THE INDEX IN SEPTEMBER 1981 WAS 249, REPRESENTING AN INCREASE OF 35 POINTS OR 16.4 PER CENT OVER SEPTEMBER 1980 AND 18 POINTS OR 7.8 PER CENT OVER MARCH 1981.
THE WAGE INDEXES FOR THE LARGER MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES IN TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT SHOW THE FOLLOWING CHANGES FOR SEPTEMBER 1981 COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1980 AND MARCH 1981.
NOMINAL INDEX
EXCLUDING FRINGE BENEFITS
% CHANGE SEPT 81 OVER
INDUSTRY
SEPT 80
MAR 81
SEPT 81
MAR 81 SEPT 80
MANUFACTURING
208
224
242
+ 8.0
TEXTILES
213
231
247
+ 6.9
+16.3 +16.0
ELECTRICAL
216
217
226
+ 4.1
+ 4.6
APPLIANCES
ELECTRONICS
216
251
258
+ 2.8
GARMENTS
197
208
231
+11.1
+19.4 +17.3
GLOVES
179
178
188
+ 5.6
+ 5.0
HANDBAGS
195
206
220
+ 6.8
+12.8
PLASTIC
238
254
279
+ 9.8
+17.2
PRODUCTS
OTHER THAN
FLOWERS
AND TOYS
PLASTIC TOYS
204
219
228
PRINTING
254
261
298
+ 4.1 +14.2
+11.8 +17.3
/INCLUDING PROG