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Table 1: Changes in Wage Levels in Nominal Terms for Workers up to the Supervisory Level as Measured by Nominal Wage Indices by Economic Sector and by Occupation Group, 1994 to 1996
Year-on-year change
in nominal wage index (%)
(A) Manufacturing Sector
Sep 1994
Sep 1995
Sep 1996
Occupation group
All selected occupations
8.1
5.6
7.5
of which:
Supervisory & technical workers
12.4
6.9
8.2
Clerical & secretarial workers
10.4
7.3
6.6
Craftsmen
6.1
7.0
7.6
Operatives
6.3
3.8
7.5
Service workers
N.A.
N.A.
N.A.
8.7
6.1
7.1
Miscellaneous non-production workers
(B) Wholesale, Retail and Import/Export Trades,
Restaurants and Hotels Sector
Occupation group
All selected occupations
9.9
7.2
5.0
of which:
Supervisory & technical workers
10.7
1.9
6.3
Clerical & secretárial workers
9.3
9.2
6.3
Craftsmen
N.A.
N.A
N.A
Operatives
N.A
N.A
N.A.
Service workers
9.5
5.1
2.5
Miscellaneous non-production workers
9.6
5.4
3.4
(C) Transport Services Sector
Occupation group
All selected occupations
10.6
6.7
7.0
of which:
Supervisory & technical workers
14.0
9.0
8.0
Clerical & secretarial workers
15.1
7.4
7.9
Craftamen
5.8
4.1
5.4
Operatives
5.9
7.6
9.6
Service workers
24.9
11.4
0.3
Miscellaneous non-production workers
8.0
8.8
10.6