Latest pay and labour market statistics January 2018:
The Consumer Prices Index (CPI) 12-month rate was 3.0 per cent in December 2017, down from 3.1 per cent in November 2017;
The employment rate (the proportion of people aged from 16 to 64 who were in work) was 75.3 per cent, higher than for a year earlier (74.5 per cent) and the joint highest since comparable records began in 1971; and,
Total average earnings increased by 2.3 per cent including bonuses and increased by 2.4 per cent excluding bonuses in the 12 months up to November 2017.
Pay and Labour Market Statistics, January 2018
January'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.
