WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1986
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WAGE INDEXES FOR JUNE PUBLISHED
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THE OVERALL NOMINAL WAGE INDEX FOR JUNE 1986, AT 134.0 INCREASED BY 5.8 PER CENT COMPARED WITH JUNE 1985 AND BY 1.8 PER CENT COMPARED WITH MARCH 1986, ACCORDING TO STATISTICS PUBLISHED TODAY (WEDNESDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
A COMPARISON OF THE JUNE 1986 AND JUNE 1985 INDEXES SHOWS THAT THE NOMINAL WAGE INDEX FOR THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR INCREASED BY 5.5 PER CENT FOR THE WHOLESALE-RETAIL, IMPORT-EXPORT TRADES AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR BY 4.5 PER CENT, FOR THE TRANSPORT SERVICES SECTOR BY 8.4 PER CENT; FOR THE BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR BY 7.6 PER CENT, AND FOR THE PERSONAL SERVICES SECTOR BY 6.4 PER CENT.
A COMPARISON OF THE JUNE 1986 AND MARCH 1986 INDEXES (BUT BEARING IN MIND THE INFLUENCE OF SEASONAL FACTORS) SHOWS THAT THE NOMINAL WAGE INDEX FOR THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR INCREASED BY 1.9 PER CENT, FOR THE WHOLESALE-RETAIL, IMPORT-EXPORT TRADES AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR BY 1.0 PER CENT, FOR THE TRANSPORT SERVICES SECTOR BY 1.8 PER CENT; FOR THE BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR BY 3.2 PER CENT, AND FOR THE PERSONAL SERVICES SECTOR BY 3.5 PER CENT.
THE NOMINAL WAGE INDEXES FOR THE PERIOD JUNE 1985 TO JUNE 1986 FOR SELECTED MAJOR ECONOMIC SECTORS ARE GIVEN IN TABLE 1. DETAILED BREAKDOWNS FOR THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR ARE GIVEN IN TABLE 2.
THE OVERALL REAL WAGE INDEX, AT 103,0 IN JUNE 1986, WAS 2.6 PER CENT HIGHER THAN THAT IN JUNE 1985 AND 0.4 PER CENT HIGHER THAN THAT IN MARCH 1986.
FROM JUNE 1985 TO JUNE 1986, THE REAL WAGE INDEX FOR THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR INCREASED BY 2.3 PER CENT FOR THE WHOLESALE- RETAIL, IMPORT-EXPORT TRADES AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR BY 1.4 PER CENT, FOR THE TRANSPORT SERVICES SECTOR BY 5.1 PER CENT; FOR THE BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR BY 4.4 PER CENT, AND FOR THE PERSONAL SERVICES SECTOR BY 3.2 PER CENT.
COMPARING JUNE 1986 WITH MARCH 1986, THE REAL WAGE INDEX FOR THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR INCREASED BY 0.4 PER CENT, FOR THE TRANSPORT SERVICES SECTOR BY 0.4 PER CENT FOR THE BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR BY 1.9 PER CENT AND FOR THE PERSONAL SERVICES SECTOR BY 2.0 PER CENT WHILE THAT FOR THE WHOLESALE-RETAIL. IMPORT-EXPORT TRADES AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR DECREASED BY 0.3 PER CENT.
THE REAL WAGE INDEXES FOR THE PERIOD JUNE 1985 TO JUNE 1986 FOR SELECTED MAJOR ECONOMIC SECTORS ARE GIVEN IN TABLE 3.
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