Latest Pay and Labour Market Statistics October 2017:
The Consumer Prices Index (CPI) 12-month rate was 3.0 per cent in September 2017, up from 2.9 per cent in August 2017; it was last higher in March 2012;
The employment rate (the proportion of people aged from 16 to 64 who were in work) was 75.1 per cent, up from 74.5 per cent for a year earlier; and
Total average earnings increased by 2.2 per cent including bonuses and increased by 2.2 per cent excluding bonuses in the 12 months up to May 2017.
Pay and Labour Market Statistics, October 2017
October's PAYstats is a quarterly edition containing a summary of what's happening in terms of inflation, employment, earnings and pay settlements, alongside the usual pay and labour statistics.
