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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1987
THE OVERALL REAL WAGE INDEX, AT 106.5 IN PER CENT HIGHER THAN THAT IN JUNE 1986 AND 0.1 THAT IN MARCH 1987.
JUNE 1987, WAS 3.4 PER CENT LOWER THAN
FROM JUNE 1986 TO JUNE
ΤΗΣ 1987,
SECTOR
INCREASED
REAL WAGE INDEX FOR THE 3.5 BY
PER MANUFACTURING
CENT: FOR THE TRADES AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS WHOLESALE/RETAIL, IMPORT/EXPORT
2.0 PER SECTOR BY 3.6 PER CENT; FOR THE TRANSPORT SERVICES SECTOR BY
AND FOR THE CENT; FOR THE BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR BY 3.2 PER CENT; PERSONAL SERVICES SECTOR BY 2.4 PER CENT.
PERSONAL
SERVICES SECTOR WHOLESALE/RETAIL, IMPORT/EXPORT
BY
WAGE INDEX
FOR COMPARING JUNE 1987 WITH MARCH 1987, THE REAL
BY 0.3 PER CENT; AND FOR THE THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR INCREASED
0.5 PER
FOR THE CENT. TRADES AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELA TRANSPORT SERVICES SECTOR AND DECREASED BY ONE PER CENT; AND FOR THE
SECTOR SECTOR BY 1.1 PER CENT; WHILE THAT FOR THE BUSINESS SERVICES REMAINED UNCHANGED.
1986 ΤΟ JUNE 1987
THE REAL WAGE INDICES FOR THE PERIOD JUNE FOR SELECTED MAJOR ECONOMIC SECTORS ARE GIVEN IN TABLE 3.
THESE NOMINAL AND
REAL
WAGE
INDICES ARE
DERIVED
FROM
THE
SURVEY OF WAGES, SALARIES AND EMPLOYEE BENEFITS CONDUCTED EACH QUARTER BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT, COVERING BOTH MANUAL AND NON-
WORKERS (EXCLUDING MANUAL
THE ADMINISTRATIVE
WORKERS
AT
AND
IN SELECTED INDUSTRIES IN PROFESSIONAL LEVELS)
THE MANUFACTURING IMPORT/EXPORT TRADES AND SECTOR, THE WHOLESALE/RETAIL,
RESTAURANTS
AND
THE BUSINES3 SECTOR, HOTELS
SECTOR, THE TRANSPORT SERVICES SERVICES SECTOR AND THE PERSONAL SERVICES SECTOR.
SUCH INDICES MEASURE CHANGES
IN WAGE RATES BY
WITH FORCE
RESPECT
STRUCTURAL PATTERN OF THE LABOUR OCCUPATION, SEX AND MODE OF PAYMENT THE SAME AS THAT WHICH IS THE BASE PERIOD OF THE WAGE INDICES.
HOLDING THE ΤΟ INDUSTRY, OF MARCH 1982,
IN
DEFLATING THE MEASURES CHANGES
WHILE THE NOMINAL WAGE INDEX MEASURES CHANGES IN WAGE RATES MONEY TERMS, THE REAL WAGE INDEX, WHICH IS OBTAINED BY NOMINAL WAGE INDEX BY THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (A), IN THE PURCHASING POWER OF THE WAGES RECEIVED.
AND STATISTICS
DREW DEPARTMENT
THE INDICES AT QUARTERLY
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE CENSUS ATTENTION TO THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE WAGE INDICES AND OF PAYROLL PER PERSON ENGAGED WHICH ARE ALSO INTERVALS.
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