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THURSDAY, JULY 1, 1982
NOMINAL INDEX
INCLUDING FRINGE BENEFITS
CHANGE MARCH 82 OVER
INDUSTRY
MAR 81 SEPT 81
MAR 82
SEPT 81 MAR 81
MANUFACTURING
231
249
269
TEXTILES
233
248
270
ELECTRICAL
229
238
256
+ + +
+ 8.0
+16.5
+ 8.9
+15.9
+ 8.4
+12.7
APPLIANCES
ELECTRONICS
263
272
308
+13.2
+17.1
GARMENTS
221
244
260
+ 6.6
+17.6
GLOVES
188
197
225
+14.2
+19.7
HANDBAGS
220
236
253
+ 7.2
+15.0
PLASTIC PRODUCTS
249
272
291
+ 7.0
+16.9
OTHER THAN
FLOWERS AND
TOYS
PLASTIC TOYS
216
223
247
PRINTING
271
307
323
+10.8 + 5.2
+14.4
+19.2
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 (THAT IS, AFTER DISCOUNTING THE EFFECT OF INFLATION) 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).
EXCLUDING FRINGE BENEFITS, THE INDEX OF REAL AVERAGE DAILY WAGES FOR MANUFACTURING WORKERS IN MARCH 1982 WAS 135, REPRESENTING AN INCREASE OF THREE POINTS OR 2.3 PER CENT OVER MARCH 1981.
INCLUDING FRINGE BENEFITS, THE INDEX IN MARCH 1982 WAS 138, REPRESENTING AN INCREASE OF TWO POINTS OR 1.5 PER CENT OVER PARCH 1981.
THE SAME INCREASES WERE RECORDED FOR BOTH INDEXES WHEN COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1981.
DETAILS OF WAGE MOVEMENTS IN THE INDIVIDUAL INDUSTRIES MITHIN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR INCLUDED IN THE MARCH 1982 SURVEY ARE CETAINABLE FROM THE WAGES AND LABOUR COST STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
/THE CENSUS