SUNDAY, APRIL 15, 1984
WAGE INDEXES FOR DECEMBER 1983
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THE OVERALL NOMINAL WAGE INDEX, AT 112 IN DECEMBER 1983, SHOWS INCREASES OF 1 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH THE SEPTEMBER 1983 FIGURE AND OF 7 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH THE DECEMBER 1982 FIGURE, ACCORDING TO WAGE INDEXES FOR DECEMBER 1983 PUBLISHED TODAY (SUNDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
A COMPARISON OF THE DECEMBER 1983 WITH THE SEPTEMBER 1983 FIGURES SHOWS THE NOMINAL WAGE INDEXES FOR THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR, THE TRANSPORT SERVICES SECTOR AND THE BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR EACH INCREASED BY 1 PER CENT, AND FOR THE WHOLESALE-RETAIL, IMPORT-EXPORT TRADES AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR BY 2 PER CENT, WHILE THAT FOR THE PERSONAL SERVICES SECTOR REMAINED UNCHANGED.
DETAILED BREAKDOWNS FOR THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR ARE GIVEN IN TABLE 3.
A COMPARISON OF THE DECEMBER 1983 FIGURE WITH THE DECEMBER 1982 FIGURE SHOWS THE NOMINAL WAGE INDEXES FOR THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR AND THE PERSONAL SERVICES SECTOR EACH INCREASED BY 7 PER CENT, AND FOR THE WHOLESALE-RETAIL, IMPORT-EXPORT TRADES AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR BY 6 PER CENT, WHILE THOSE FOR THE TRANSPORT SERVICES SECTOR AND THE BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR INCREASED BY 9 PER CENT AND 8 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.
THE NOMINAL WAGE INDEXES FOR THE PERIOD DECEMBER 1982 TO DECEMBER 1983 FOR SELECTED MAJOR ECONOMIC SECTORS ARE GIVEN IN TABLE 1.
THE OVERALL REAL WAGE INDEX STOOD AT 95 IN DECEMBER 1983. THE INDEX DECREASED BY 1 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1983 AND BY 4 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH DECEMBER 1982.
A COMPARISON OF THE DECEMBER 1983 WITH SEPTEMBER 1983 FIGURES SHOWS THE REAL WAGE INDEXES FOR THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR, THE TRANSPORT SERVICES SECTOR AND THE PERSONAL SERVICES SECTOR EACH DECREASED BY 2 PER CENT, AND FOR THE BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR BY 1 PER CENT, BUT THAT FOR THE WHOLESALE-RETAIL, IMPORT-EXPORT TRADES AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR SHOWS NO CHANGE.
A COMPARISON OF THE DECEMBER 1983 WITH DECEMBER 1982 FIGURES SHOWS THE REAL WAGE INDEXES FOR THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR AND THE PERSONAL SERVICES SECTOR EACH DECLINED BY 4 PER CENT AND FOR THE WHOLESALE-RETAIL, IMPORT-EXPORT TRADES AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR BY 5 PER CENT, WHILE THOSE FOR THE TRANSPORT SERVICES SECTOR AND THE BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR EACH DECREASED BY 2 PER CENT.
THE REAL WAGE INDEXES FOR THE PERIOD DECEMBER 1982 TO DECEMBER 1983 FOR SELECTED MAJOR ECONOMIC SECTORS ARE GIVEN
IN TABLE 2.
THESE WAGE
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