SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1983
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WAGE INDEXES FOR JUNE 1983
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THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY PUBLISHED THE WAGE INDEXES FOR JUNE 1983.
TAKING MARCH 1982 AS 100, THE OVERALL NOMINAL WAGE INDEX STOOD AT 110 FOR JUNE 1983, REPRESENTING INCREASES OF 2 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH MARCH 1983 AND OF 8 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH JUNE 1982.
THE NOMINAL WAGE INDEXES FOR THE PERIOD BETWEEN JUNE 1982 AND JUNE 1983 FOR SELECTED MAJOR ECONOMIC SECTORS ARE GIVEN IN TABLE 1.
COMPARING JUNE 1983 WITH MARCH 1983, THE NOMINAL WAGE INDEXES FOR THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR INCREASED BY 2 PER CENT (PLEASE REFER TO TABLE 3 FOR MORE DETAILED BREAKDOWNS), FOR THE WHOLESALE/RETAIL, IMPORT/EXPORT TRADES AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR BY 1 PER CENT, FOR THE TRANSPORT SERVICES SECTOR BY 4 PER CENT AND FOR THE BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR BY 1 PER CENT. ON THE OTHER HAND, THE NOMINAL WAGE INDEX FOR THE PERSONAL SERVICES SECTOR DECREASED BY 1 PER CENT.
COMPARING JUNE 1983 WITH JUNE 1982, THE NOMINAL WAGE
INDEXES FOR THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR INCREASED BY 8 PER CENT, FOR THE WHOLESALE/RETAIL, IMPORT/EXPORT TRADES AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR BY 7 PER CENT, FOR THE TRANSPORT SERVICES SECTOR BY 11 PER CENT, FOR THE BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR BY 7 PER CENT AND FOR THE PERSONÁL SERVICES SECTOR BY 4 PER CENT.
TAKING MARCH 1982 AS 100, THE OVERALL REAL WAGE INDEX STOOD AT 98 FOR JUNE 1983. THE INDEX INCREASED BY 1 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH MARCH 1983, BUT DECLINED BY 1 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH JUNE 1982.
THE REAL WAGE INDEXES FOR THE PERIOD BETWEEN JUNE 1982 AND JUNE 1983 FOR SELECTED MAJOR ECONOMIC SECTORS ARE GIVEN IN TABLE 2.
COMPARING JUNE 1983 WITH MARCH 1983, THE REAL WAGE INDEXES FOR THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR INCREASED BY 1 PER CENT AND FOR THE TRANSPORT SERVICES SECTOR BY 2 PER CENT. ON THE OTHER HAND, THE REAL WAGE INDEXES FOR THE BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR REMAINED UNCHANGED, WHILE THOSE FOR THE WHOLESALE/RETAIL, IMPORT/EXPORT TRADES AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR AND THE PERSONAL SERVICES SECTOR DECLINED, EACH BY 1 PER CENT.
COMPARING JUNE 1983 WITH JUNE 1982, THE REAL WAGE INDEXES FOR THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR DECLINED BY 1 PER CENT FOR THE WHOLESALE/RETAIL, IMPORT/EXPORT TRADES AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR BY 3 PER CENT, FOR BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR BY 2 PER CENT AND FOR THE PERSONAL SERVICES SECTOR BY 4 PER CENT. ON THE OTHER HAND, THE REAL WAGE INDEX FOR THE TRANSPORT SERVICES SECTOR INCREASED BY 2 PER CENT.
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