Labour Cost Index (Salary and Wage Rates): June 2010 quarter

Embargoed until 10:45am  –  03 August 2010
Media release  – 
Annual wage growth at 1.6 percent

Highlights

In the June 2010 quarter, salary and wage rates (including overtime) increased 0.4 percent.

From the June 2009 quarter to the June 2010 quarter:

  • Salary and wage rates (including overtime) rose 1.6 percent.
  • Overtime wage rates rose 2.1 percent.
  • Private sector salary and ordinary time wage rates rose 1.4 percent.

Sector

Salary and ordinary time wage rates
Percentage change
All salary and wage rates (including overtime)
Percentage change
From previous quarter From previous year From previous quarter  From previous year
All sectors 0.4 1.6

0.4

1.6
Public sector 0.2 2.1 0.2 2.1
Private sector 0.4 1.4 0.5 1.5

 

 Graph, All salary and wage rates, percentage change from previous year.

Geoff Bascand  3 August 2010 
Government Statistician  ISSN 1178-0525