Quarterly index on earnings

2   Changes in average monthly earnings1 from the corresponding quarter the year before, by industry. Per cent
  Manufacturing Oil and gas extraction and mining Construction Transport and communication2 Wholesale and retail trade Real estate and business activities Electricity supply
1. Quarter 1999 6.3 7.8 6.5 6.9 6.9 6.1 4.3
2. Quarter 1999 5.9 6.4 5.1 5.6 5.3 5.5 4.1
3. Quarter 1999 4.6 4.3 5.0 4.1 4.7 5.4 4.1
4. Quarter 1999 4.0 2.8 4.4 4.4 3.3 5.2 4.2
1. Quarter 2000 4.1 4.6 4.6 3.6 3.4 4.5 4.4
2. Quarter 2000 3.9 4.2 4.7 4.3 3.8 4.6 4.6
3. Quarter 2000 4.2 5.2 4.4 5.0 4.2 4.0 5.0
4. Quarter 2000 4.2 6.0 4.5 4.9 4.5 4.1 5.3
1. Quarter 2001 4.5 9.6 4.8 5.4 5.4 5.2 5.8
2. Quarter 2001 4.4 7.1 4.7 5.7 4.7 4.6 5.9
3. Quarter 2001 4.7 7.5 4.1 5.1 7.0 4.4 5.9
4. Quarter 2001 4.5 7.0 4.2 5.0 6.4 4.3 5.6
1. Quarter 2002 4.6 10.5 4.3 5.1 5.9 4.5 5.5
2. Quarter 2002 4.9 10.9 4.4 5.3 6.2 4.7 5.6
3. Quarter 2002 6.4 4.8 6.2 4.9 3.1 4.8 7.8
4. Quarter 20023 5.2 4.8 5.9 4.9 4.4 5.1 7.9
1. Quarter 20033 5.3 45.8 5.7 4.8 4.2 4.1 7.2
1  Salaries including irregular payments, bonuses, commission etc.
2  Excluding publicly maintained establishments.
3  Preliminary figures.
4  Corrected 26 June 2003.

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