Earnings and Output (Hansard, 12 March 1980)

§ Mr. Jim Lester

As comprehensive quarterly figures on man-hours are not available, the table below relates to earnings and output per head. However, estimates of hours worked are available for successive Aprils and these are incorporated in the table to enable a broad assessment to be made annually of the differences between earnings and output per head and per man-hour.

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				Earnings per head	Output per head‡	Average weekly hours§
Year	Quarter	Manufacturing^*	Whole economy†	Manufacturing	Whole economy	Manufacturing	Whole economy
				Indices based on average of four preceding quarters (1970=100)	Indices based on preceding April (April 1970=100)
1967	…	…	1	73.2	74.0	86.9	88.9	101.3	101.4
			2	73.6	74.6	87.0	89.4
			3	73.9	74.9	87.6	90.0
			4	74.6	75.6	88.2	90.7
1968	…	…	1	75.8	76.7	89.9	91.7	99.9	100.0
			2	77.3	78.1	91.9	93.0
			3	78.9	79.6	93.7	94.1
			4	80.5	81.1	95.6	95.2
1969	…	…	1	82.0	82.7	97.0	96.0	100.9	100.5
			2	83.6	84.2	97.6	96.3
			3	85.2	85.8	98.4	96.9
			4	86.9	87.4	99.0	97.4
1970	…	…	1	88.7	89.2	99.3	97.9	100.9	100.9
			2	90.9	91.4	99.4	98.3
			3	93.6	94.0	99.3	98.7
			4	96.7	96.9	99.5	99.3
1971	…	…	1	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
			2	103.2	103.1	100.5	100.7
			3	106.1	106.0	101.3	101.5
			4	108.8	108.8	102.1	102.3
1972	…	…	1	111.2	111.3	102.8	103.3	98.3	98.6
			2	113.9	114.0	103.4	103.5
			3	117.2	117.2	104.9	104.4
			4	120.8	120.5	106.5	105.0
1973	…	…	1	124.9	125.0	109.0	105.7	98.3	98.3
			2	128.9	129.2	112.3	107.6
			3	133.1	133.8	114.4	108.5
			4	137.3	138.4	116.4	109.4
1974	…	…	1	141.7	142.5	117.4	109.9	99.5	99.5
			2	144.9	146.0	116.5	108.9
			3	149.9	151.2	116.6	108.7
			4	157.0	158.4	116.2	108.3

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		Earnings per head	Output per head‡	Average weekly hours§
Year	Quarter	Manufacturing^*	Whole economy†	Manufacturing	Whole economy	Manufacturing	Whole economy
		Indices based on average of four preceding quarters (1970=100)	Indices based on preceding April (April 1970=100)
1975	1	166.0	167.0	115.2	107.7	99.2	98.0
	2	177.7	179.6	115.6	108.0
	3	188.3	190.8	114.1	107.3
	4	199.3	202.3	113.0	106.5
1976	1	209.3	212.4	113.2	106.3	97.6	97.1
	2	219.0	222.0	113.6	106.5
	3	228.6	231.6	115.4	107.1
	4	236.6	239.5	117.0	108.0
1977	1	243.8	246.7	118.5	109.1
	2	250.7	253.0	119.7	109.9
	3	256.7	258.4	119.5	110.4
	4	262.1	263.3	119.6	111.1
1978	1	268.9	269.0	119.1	111.3	98.5	97.1
	2	276.6	275.6	118.5	111.6
	3	286.8	284.6	119.2	112.6
	4	297.6	294.3	120.0	113.5
1979	1	308.2	303.9	120.4	114.2	98.8	97.4
	2	318.9	313.8	120.7	114.5
	3	330.6	323.9	122.2	115.2
	4	341.5	336.2	122.0	115.3
1980	1	356.1	350.9	122.0	115.3	99.2	97.6
Notes:
^* Based on older series index of average earnings.
† Based on older series index of average earnings (covering production industries and some services) up to the first quarter of 1976; new series index (covering the whole economy) since the first quarter of 1976.
‡ Indices compiled by the Central Statistical Office (see Employment Gazette, February 1980, table 134).
§ Based on average hours worked by all adults whose earnings were not affected by absence in new earnings survey for 1970–1979, and on average hours worked by adult manual workers covered in Department of Employment surveys for earlier years. The figures entered against the quarter relate to the preceding April. This is not strictly comparable to the periodicity of the earnings and output information as the position in April may not correspond to the average for the calendar year (the mid-point of which would be June).

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