Wage Rate Index

2006

HIGHLIGHTS

1. The overall wage rate index increased by 5.2 points or 3.8% to reach 142.1 points in September 2006 compared to 136.9 points in September 2005.

2. The main industry groups contributing to this increase were:

Points

Manufacturing, mining and quarrying                                                          1.2
Agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing                                                     0.7
Public administration and defence; compulsory social security                         0.7
Construction                                                                                          0.7
Hotels and restaurants                                                                             0.5

3. The wage rate index for the General Government sector increased by 3.0 points or 2.2 % to reach 137.9 points in 2006 compared to 134.9 points in 2005.

4. The wage rate index for the EPZ sector rose by 3.7 points or 2.6 % to reach 143.7 points in 2006 compared to 140.0 points in 2005.

May 2007

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Introduction

Table 1 - Wage rate index by industry group, 2005 and 2006

Table 2 - Annual percentage change over previous year in wage rate index by industry group, 2005 and 2006

Table 3 - Contribution of industry groups to overall change in index (in points) over previous year, 2005 and 2006

Table 4 - Wage rate index, 1993 - 2006

Table 5 - Average wage per hour of selected occupations by industry group (excluding General Government), September 2005 - September 2006

Table 6 - Average wage/salary per month of selected occupations in General Government, September 2005 - September 2006

Annex

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