The wage index for the 4th quarter of 2007 is 123.6 points, 1.5% higher than in the previous quarter. The wage index for the private sector has increased by 1.8% during the same period. The quarterly increase of the wage index for the public sector was 0.8%.
The wage index rose by 8.4% from the 4th quarter of 2006. The annual increase of the wage index for the private sector was 9.2% and for the public sector 6.7%.
Wage index in the private sector by occupational group
Wage increases in the private sector ranged from 1.1% for Managers to 2.3% for Professionals, since the previous quarter. Annual increases ranged from 7.8% for Craft workers to 12.4% for Clerks.
Wage index in the private sector by economic activity
Since the previous quarter, wage increases ranged from 1.2% in the economic activity of Transportation (I) to 2.4% in Financial intermediation (J). The annual increase of the wage index ranged from 6.8% in the economic activity of Manufacturing (D) to 15.1% in Financial intermediation (J).
| Wage index for the private and the public sector 2006-2007 | |||||||||
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| 2005=100 | Change | Change | Change | ||||||
| from | Change | from | Change | from | Change | ||||
| previous | from | previous | from | previous | from | ||||
| Wage | quarter, | previous | Wage | quarter, | previous | Wage | quarter, | previous | |
| index | % | year, % | index | % | year, % | index | % | year, % | |
| 2006 | |||||||||
| 1st quarter | 106.8 | 4.2 | 9.7 | 106.7 | 4.1 | 9.3 | 107.2 | 4.5 | 10.6 |
| 2nd quarter | 108.7 | 1.7 | 9.4 | 108.2 | 1.4 | 8.9 | 109.8 | 2.4 | 10.6 |
| 3rd quarter | 112.0 | 3.0 | 11.0 | 112.1 | 3.6 | 11.4 | 111.6 | 1.7 | 10.1 |
| 4th quarter | 114.0 | 1.8 | 11.2 | 114.3 | 1.9 | 11.5 | 113.2 | 1.4 | 10.3 |
| Average | 110.3 | . | 10.3 | 110.3 | . | 10.3 | 110.4 | . | 10.4 |
| 2007 | |||||||||
| 1st quarter | 118.6 | 4.1 | 11.0 | 119.1 | 4.2 | 11.7 | 117.4 | 3.7 | 9.5 |
| 2nd quarter | 120.2 | 1.4 | 10.6 | 120.9 | 1.5 | 11.7 | 118.6 | 1.1 | 8.1 |
| 3rd quarter | 121.8 | 1.3 | 8.8 | 122.6 | 1.5 | 9.4 | 119.9 | 1.0 | 7.4 |
| 4th quarter | 123.6 | 1.5 | 8.4 | 124.8 | 1.8 | 9.2 | 120.8 | 0.8 | 6.7 |
| Average | 121.0 | . | 9.7 | 121.8 | . | 10.4 | 119.2 | . | 7.9 |
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