SATURDAY, JANUARY 16, 1988
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WAGE INDEXES FOR SEPTEMBER 1987
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THE OVERALL NOMINAL WAGE INDEX FOR SEPTEMBER 1987, AT 149.4. INCREASED BY 9.7 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1986 AND BY 2 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH JUNE 1987, ACCORDING TO STATISTICS PUBLISHED TODAY (SATURDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
A COMPARISON OF THE SEPTEMBER 1987 AND SEPTEMBER 1986 INDEXES SHOWS THAT THE NOMINAL WAGE INDEX FOR THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR INCREASED BY 9.8 PER CENT; FOR THE WHOLESALE/RETAIL, IMPORT/EXPORT TRADES AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR BY 10.3 PER CENT; FOR THE TRANSPORT SERVICES SECTOR BY 9 PER CENT; FOR THE BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR BY 8.4 PER CENT; AND FOR THE PERSONAL SERVICES SECTOR BY 12.1 PER CENT.
A COMPARISON OF THE SEPTEMBER 1987 AND JUNE 1987 INDEXES SHOWS THAT THE NOMINAL WAGE INDEX FOR THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR INCREASED BY 1.5 PER CENT; FOR THE WHOLESALE/RETAIL, IMPORT/EXPORT TRADES AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR INCREASED BY 2.9 PER CENT: FOR THE TRANSPORT SERVICES SECTOR BY 2.3 PER CENT¦ ̧ FOR THE BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR BY 2.1 PER CENT: AND FOR THE PERSONAL SERVICES SECTOR BY 3.3 PER CENT.
THE NOMINAL WAGE INDEXES FOR THE PERIOD SEPTEMBER 1986 SEPTEMBER 1987 FOR SELECTED MAJOR ECONOMIC SECTORS ARE GIVEN TABLE 1.
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DETAILED BREAKDOWNS FOR THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR ARE GIVEN IN
TABLE 2.
THE OVERALL REAL WAGE INDEX, AT 107.7 IN SEPTEMBER 1987, WAS 3.7 PER CENT HIGHER THAN THAT IN SEPTEMBER 1986 AND 1.1 PER CENT HIGHER THAN THAT IN JUNE 1987.
FROM SEPTEMBER 1986 TO SEPTEMBER 1987, THE REAL WAGE INDEX FOR THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR INCREASED BY 3.6 PER CENT; FOR THE WHOLESALE/RETAIL, IMPORT/EXPORT TRADES AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR BY 4.2 PER CENT: FOR THE TRANSPORT SERVICES SECTOR BY 2.9 PER CENT; FOR THE BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR BY 2.4 PER CENT: AND FOR THE PERSONAL SERVICES SECTOR BY 5.8 PER CENT.
COMPARING SEPTEMBER 1987 WITH JUNE 1987, THE REAL WAGE INDEX FOR THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR INCREASED BY 0.6 PER CENT; FOR THE WHLOESALE/RETAIL, IMPORT/EXPORT TRADES AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR BY 2 PER CENT: FOR THE TRANSPORT SERVICES SECTOR BY 1.4 PER CENT; FOR THE BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR BY 1.2 PER CENT; AND FOR THE PERSONAL SERVICES SECTOR BY 2.4 PER CENT.
THE REAL WAGE INDEXES FOR THE PERIOD SEPTEMBER SEPTEMBER 1987 FOR SELECTED MAJOR ECONOMIC SECTORS ARE TABLE 3.
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