§ Mr. Austin MitchellTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what were the changes in real incomes of full-time adult male manual workers in manufacturing, full-time adult male non-manual workers in the private sector and non-manual public service workers(a) from 279W 1979 to 1989 and (b) from 1989 to 1993, and the corresponding changes in productivity and unit labour costs.
§ Mr. OppenheimThe information requested is in the following tables:
Source:
Real percentage increase in average gross weekly earnings of full-time employees on adult rates whose pay was unaffected by absence Males 1979–89 11989–93 Manufacturing manuals 11.9 0.9 Private non-manuals 39.8 5.9 Public service non-manuals 27.1 12.7 New Earnings Survey.
Note:
1Adjusted for change in occupational classification in 1990.
Annual increases in unit wage costs and productivity Unit Wage Costs Productivity Actual percentage increases 1979–89 Actual percentage increases 1989–93 1979–89 1989–93 Manufacturing 78 18 48 12 Whole Economy 107 23 22 6
Salary Range Age 16 Age 17 Age 18 Age 19 Age 20 Age 21 4,500–4,999 2 33 1 — — — 5,000–5,499 — 1 3 — — — 5,500–5,999 — 13 — — — — 6,000–6,499 — — 108 26 — — 6,500–6,999 — 1 11 156 153 123 7,000–7,499 — — 47 28 65 117 7,500–7,999 — — 1 74 16 33 8,000–8,499 — — — 21 6 4 8,500–8,999 — — 1 9 155 208 9,000–9,499 — — 3 16 93 355 9,500–9,999 — — — 10 72 211 10,000–10,499 — — — 1 17 69 10,500–10,999 — — — 1 7 22 11,000–11,499 — — — — — 8 11,500–11,999 — — — — — 8 12,000–12,499 — — — — — 2 12,500–12,999 — — — — — 1 13,000–13,499 — — — — — — 13,500–13,999 — — — — — — 14,000–14,499 — — — — — — 14,500–14,999 — — — — — 1 Total 2 48 175 342 584 1,162