Public sector makes wage growth higher than expected

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Wage growth is slowing. Wage growth was higher than expected as pay offers in the public sector far outweighed growth in the private sector, new data has revealed. Official statistics have shown that ...

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Wage growth was higher than expected as pay offers in the public sector far outweighed growth in the private sector, new data has revealed.Official statistics have shown that wage growth, including bonuses, reached 4.1 per cent between April and June compared to a market forecast of four per cent.This was still lower than the 4.3 per cent figure in the month.Excluding bonuses, pay growth was 3.5 per cent, which was also slightly higher than City economists and investors expected.Hotter pay growth than expected was, however, largely driven by the public sector. Average earnings growth was 5.5 per cent for the public sector and just 2.9 per cent for the private sector.“Private sector pay growth has continued to ease, while public sector pay growth remains elevated due to the timing of the latest NHS pay awards.”The Office for National Statistics also estimated that the unemployment rate remained 4.9 per cent, higher than economists pencilled in. 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Wage growth was higher than expected as pay offers in the public sector far outweighed growth in the private sector, new data has revealed. Official statistics have shown that wage growth, including bonuses, reached 4.1 per cent between April and June compared to a market forecast of four per cent.This was still lower than the 4.3 per cent figure in the month.\n\nExcluding bonuses, pay growth was 3.5 per cent, which was also slightly higher than City economists and investors expected. Hotter pay growth than expected was, however, largely driven by the public sector. Average earnings growth was 5.5 per cent for the public sector and just 2.9 per cent for the private sector.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNews Updates\nStay ahead with our three daily briefings delivering all the key market moves, top business and political stories, and incisive analysis straight to your inbox.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“The labour market picture is little changed overall, with some softening still evident,” said Liz McKeown, director of economic statistics at the ONS. \n\n“Private sector pay growth has continued to ease, while public sector pay growth remains elevated due to the timing of the latest NHS pay awards.”The Office for National Statistics also estimated that the unemployment rate remained 4.9 per cent, higher than economists pencilled in. This came as the number of payrolled employees increased by 3,000 between April and May, though still remained about 85,000 lower than figures for a year ago.","kind":"highlight","is_publish_news":true,"is_publish_highlight":false,"is_publish_live":false,"is_publish_wemedia":false,"editions":null,"column":"","sentiment":"0","news_tag":"","news_rank":0,"isVideo":false,"video":null,"symbols":[],"gpt_button":0,"need_auth":false,"need_login_tip":false,"code":"91000000","status":"200"}}}