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THURSDAY, JULY 15, 1982

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WAGE INDEXES FOR MANUFACTURING WORKERS

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THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY (THURSDAY) PUBLISHED WAGE INDEXES FOR MANUFACTURING WORKERS IN MARCH 1982 DERIVED FROM HALF-YEARLY WAGE SURVEYS CONDUCTED BY THE DEPARTMENT.

AS THE SURVEYS ARE NOT BASED ON A SCIENTIFICALLY SELECTED SAMPLE, THE RESULTS CAN ONLY BE CONSIDERED AS ROUGHLY INDICATIVE OF HOW WAGES HAVE BEEN CHANGING.

TAKING AVERAGE WAGES DURING THE PERIOD JULY 1973 TO JUNE 1974 AS 100, THE INDEX OF NOMINAL AVERAGE DAILY WAGES (EXCLUDING FRINGE BENEFITS) FOR MANUFACTURING WORKERS IN MARCH 1982 MAS 262.

COMPARED WITH MARCH 1981, THERE WAS AN INCREASE OF 38 POINTS OR 17 PER CENT.

COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1981, THERE WAS AN INCREASE OF 20 POINTS OR 8.3 PER CENT.

INCLUDING FRINGE BENEFITS, THE INDEX IN MARCH 1982 WAS 269, REPRESENTING AN INCREASE OF 38 POINTS OR 16.5 PER CENT OVER MARCH 1981 AND 20 POINTS OR EIGHT PER CENT OVER SEPTEMBER 1981.

THE WAGE INDEXES FOR THE LARGER MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES IN TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT SHOW THE FOLLOWING CHANGES FOR MARCH 1982 COMPARED WITH MARCH 1981 AND SEPTEMBER 1981:

NOMINAL INDEX

EXCLUDING FRINGE BENEFITS

% CHANGE MARCH 82 OVER

INDUSTRY

MAR 81 SEPT 81 MAR 82

SEPT 81

MAR 81

MANUFACTURING

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242

262

+ 8.3

+17.0

TEXTILES

231

247

272

+10.1

+17.7

ELECTRICAL

217

226

244

+ 8.0

+12.4

APPLIANCES

ELECTRONICS

251

258

292

+13.2

+16.3

GARMENTS

208

231

245

+ 6.1

+17.8

GLOVES

178

188

213

+13.3

+19.7

HANDBAGS

206

220

237

+ 7.7

+15.0

PLASTIC PRODUCTS

254

279

297

+ 6.5

+16.0

STHER THAN

FLOWERS AND

TOYS

PLASTIC TOYS

219

228

252

+13.5

+15.1

PEINTING

261

298

317

+21.5

/NOMINAL INDEX