Pay trends March 2011
Pay awards were worth 2.3% at the median in the three months to the end of February 2011, according to our latest analysis. Although awards are now at their highest level for more than two years, they are still falling far short of inflation.
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Pay awards at highest level since 2008
Chart 1: Pay review pattern - whole economy, February 2010 to February 2011
Key findings from the XpertHR pay databank
Chart 2: Pay review pattern - public and private sectors, February 2010 to February 2011
Private sector awards higher than predicted
Chart 3: Pay review pattern - private sector, manufacturing and services, February 2010 to February 2011
No pay thaw for one in 10
Awards stuck well below inflation
State of play in key negotiations
Note on the charts
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