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INCLUDING FRINGE BENEFITS

FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 1982

%% CHANGE SEPT 81 OVER

INDUSTRY

SEPT 80

MAR 81

SEPT 81

MAR 81 SEPT 80

MANUFACTURING

214

231

249

+ 7.8

+16.4

TEXTILES

217

233

248

+ 6.4

+14.3

ELECTRICAL

225

229

238

+ 3.9

+ 5.8

APPLIANCES

ELECTRONICS

226

263

272

+ 3.4

+20.4

GARMENTS

208

221

244

+10.4

+17.3

GLOVES

188

188

197

+ 4.8

+ 4.8

HANDBAGS

208

220

236

+ 7.3

+13.5

PLASTIC

231

249

272

+ 9.2

+17.7

PRODUCTS

OTHER THAN

FLOWERS

AND TOYS

PLASTIC TOYS

200

216

PRINTING

264

271

223

307

+ 3.2 +13.3

+11.5

+16.3

THE INDEX OF NOMINAL AVERAGE DAILY WAGES MEASURES CHANGES IN THE AMOUNT OF MONEY EARNED AS WAGES BY WORKERS IN LARGE ESTABLISHMENTS IN 25 MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES. THE INDEX OF NOMINAL AVERAGE DAILY WAGES INCLUDING FRINGE BENEFITS MEASURES CHANGES IN WAGES AS WELL AS IN SUCH FRINGE BENEFITS AS CASH BONUSES AND ALLOWANCES, FREE OR SUBSIDISED FOOD AND PAID HOLIDAYS.

THE DEPARTMENT ALSO PUBLISHED INDEXES OF REAL AVERAGE DAILY WAGES (WITH AND WITHOUT FRINGE BENEFITS) FOR MANUFACTURING WORKERS,

THE INDEXES OF REAL AVERAGE DAILY WAGES MEASURE CHANGES IN THE PURCHASING POWER OF WAGES RECEIVED AND ARE OBTAINED BY DEFLATING THEIR RESPECTIVE NOMINAL COUNTERPARTS BY THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (A). THE NEW CPI(A) HAS BEEN USED IN COMPILING THE INDEXES OF REAL AVERAGE DAILY WAGES, STARTING RETROSPECTIVELY FROM MARCH 1981. AS A RESULT, THE FIGURES FOR MARCH 1981 HAVE BEEN REVISED BUT THE REVISIONS ARE INSIGNIFICANT.

EXCLUDING FRINGE BENEFITS, THE INDEX OF REAL AVERAGE DAILY WAGES FOR MANUFACTURING WORKERS IN SEPTEMBER 1981 WAS 132, REPRESENTING AN INCREASE OF TWO POINTS OR 1.5 PER CENT OVER SEPTEMBER 1980 AND NO CHANGE OVER MARCH 1981.

INCLUDING FRINGE BENEFITS, THE INDEX IN SEPTEMBER 1981 WAS 136, REPRESENTING AN INCREASE OF THREE POINTS OR 2.3 PER CENT OVER SEPTEMBER 1980 AND NO CHANGE OVER MARCH 1981.

DETAILS OF WAGE MOVEMENTS IN THE INDIVIDUAL INDUSTRIES WITHIN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR INCLUDED IN THE SEPTEMBER 1981 SURVEY MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE WAGES AND LABOUR COST STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

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