THURSDAY, JULY 15, 1982
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WAGE INDEXES FOR MANUFACTURING WORKERS
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THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY (THURSDAY) PUBLISHED WAGE INDEXES FOR MANUFACTURING WORKERS IN MARCH 1982 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 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 MARCH 1982 MAS 262.
COMPARED WITH MARCH 1981, THERE WAS AN INCREASE OF 38 POINTS OR 17 PER CENT.
COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1981, THERE WAS AN INCREASE OF 20 POINTS OR 8.3 PER CENT.
INCLUDING FRINGE BENEFITS, THE INDEX IN MARCH 1982 WAS 269, REPRESENTING AN INCREASE OF 38 POINTS OR 16.5 PER CENT OVER MARCH 1981 AND 20 POINTS OR EIGHT PER CENT OVER SEPTEMBER 1981.
THE WAGE INDEXES FOR THE LARGER MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES IN TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT SHOW THE FOLLOWING CHANGES FOR MARCH 1982 COMPARED WITH MARCH 1981 AND SEPTEMBER 1981:
NOMINAL INDEX
EXCLUDING FRINGE BENEFITS
% CHANGE MARCH 82 OVER
INDUSTRY
MAR 81 SEPT 81 MAR 82
SEPT 81
MAR 81
MANUFACTURING
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242
262
+ 8.3
+17.0
TEXTILES
231
247
272
+10.1
+17.7
ELECTRICAL
217
226
244
+ 8.0
+12.4
APPLIANCES
ELECTRONICS
251
258
292
+13.2
+16.3
GARMENTS
208
231
245
+ 6.1
+17.8
GLOVES
178
188
213
+13.3
+19.7
HANDBAGS
206
220
237
+ 7.7
+15.0
PLASTIC PRODUCTS
254
279
297
+ 6.5
+16.0
STHER THAN
FLOWERS AND
TOYS
PLASTIC TOYS
219
228
252
+13.5
+15.1
PEINTING
261
298
317
+21.5
/NOMINAL INDEX