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THURSDAY, JULY 14, 1983
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT DREW ATTENTION TO THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE WAGE INDEXES AND THE INDEXES OF PAYROLL PER PERSON ENGAGED WHICH ARE ALSO PUBLISHED AT QUARTERLY INTERVALS. ESSENTIALLY THE WAGE INDEXES, WHICH MEASURE THE CHANGES OF THE PRICE OF LABOUR. ARE CONCERNED WITH THE MOVEMENTS OF WAGE RATES WHICH INDICATE THE AMOUNT OF RENUMERATION FOR NORMAL TIME OF WORK. ON THE OTHER HAND, INDEXES OF PAYROLL PER PERSON ENGAGED ARE AFFECTED BY CHANGES IN WAGE RATES, AS WELL AS CHANGES IN SUCH OTHER FACTORS THE AMOUNT OF TIME ACTUALLY WORKED, THE COMPOSITION OF THE LABOUR FORCE AND THE INCIDENCE OF THE PAYMENT OF BONUSES AND BACK-PAY. AS A RESULT, THE MOVEMENTS OF THE WAGE INDEXES DO NOT NECESSARILY AGREE WITH THOSE OF THE INDEXES OF PAYROLL PER PERSON ENGAGED.
ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE WAGE INDEXES MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE WAGES AND LABOUR COSTS STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT ON 5-452703.
TABLE 1 : NOMINAL WAGE INDEXES BY SELECTED MAJOR ECONOMIC SECTORS
INDEXES (MARCH 1982-100)
SELECTED MAJOR ECONOMIC SECTORS
JUNE
SEPT
DEC
MAR
1982
1982
1982
1983
MANUFACTURING
102
103
105
108
WHOLESALE/RETAIL, IMPORT/EXPORT
100
102
104
106
TRADES AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS
TRANSPORT SERVICES
106
110
110
116
BUSINESS SERVICES
102
103
103
108
PERSONAL SERVICES
102
103
104
107
ALL SECTORS ABOVE
102
103
105
108
TABLE 2 : REAL WAGE INDEXES BY SELECTED MAJOR ECONOMIC SECTORS
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