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INCLUDING FRINGE BENEFITS
FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 1982
%% CHANGE SEPT 81 OVER
INDUSTRY
SEPT 80
MAR 81
SEPT 81
MAR 81 SEPT 80
MANUFACTURING
214
231
249
+ 7.8
+16.4
TEXTILES
217
233
248
+ 6.4
+14.3
ELECTRICAL
225
229
238
+ 3.9
+ 5.8
APPLIANCES
ELECTRONICS
226
263
272
+ 3.4
+20.4
GARMENTS
208
221
244
+10.4
+17.3
GLOVES
188
188
197
+ 4.8
+ 4.8
HANDBAGS
208
220
236
+ 7.3
+13.5
PLASTIC
231
249
272
+ 9.2
+17.7
PRODUCTS
OTHER THAN
FLOWERS
AND TOYS
PLASTIC TOYS
200
216
PRINTING
264
271
223
307
+ 3.2 +13.3
+11.5
+16.3
THE INDEX OF NOMINAL AVERAGE DAILY WAGES MEASURES CHANGES IN THE AMOUNT OF MONEY EARNED AS WAGES BY WORKERS IN LARGE ESTABLISHMENTS IN 25 MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES. THE INDEX OF NOMINAL AVERAGE DAILY WAGES INCLUDING FRINGE BENEFITS MEASURES CHANGES IN WAGES AS WELL AS IN SUCH FRINGE BENEFITS AS CASH BONUSES AND ALLOWANCES, FREE OR SUBSIDISED FOOD AND PAID HOLIDAYS.
THE DEPARTMENT ALSO PUBLISHED INDEXES OF REAL AVERAGE DAILY WAGES (WITH AND WITHOUT FRINGE BENEFITS) FOR MANUFACTURING WORKERS,
THE INDEXES OF REAL AVERAGE DAILY WAGES MEASURE CHANGES IN THE PURCHASING POWER OF WAGES RECEIVED AND ARE OBTAINED BY DEFLATING THEIR RESPECTIVE NOMINAL COUNTERPARTS BY THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (A). THE NEW CPI(A) HAS BEEN USED IN COMPILING THE INDEXES OF REAL AVERAGE DAILY WAGES, STARTING RETROSPECTIVELY FROM MARCH 1981. AS A RESULT, THE FIGURES FOR MARCH 1981 HAVE BEEN REVISED BUT THE REVISIONS ARE INSIGNIFICANT.
EXCLUDING FRINGE BENEFITS, THE INDEX OF REAL AVERAGE DAILY WAGES FOR MANUFACTURING WORKERS IN SEPTEMBER 1981 WAS 132, REPRESENTING AN INCREASE OF TWO POINTS OR 1.5 PER CENT OVER SEPTEMBER 1980 AND NO CHANGE OVER MARCH 1981.
INCLUDING FRINGE BENEFITS, THE INDEX IN SEPTEMBER 1981 WAS 136, REPRESENTING AN INCREASE OF THREE POINTS OR 2.3 PER CENT OVER SEPTEMBER 1980 AND NO CHANGE OVER MARCH 1981.
DETAILS OF WAGE MOVEMENTS IN THE INDIVIDUAL INDUSTRIES WITHIN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR INCLUDED IN THE SEPTEMBER 1981 SURVEY MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE WAGES AND LABOUR COST STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
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