§ Mr. Goodladasked the Secretary of State for Employment what have been the average earnings of male and female workers, respectively in Cheshire in each of the past five years; and how these have
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Mean Median Mode £ £ £ Manual occupations … … … … … 43.70 42.60 42.20 Non-manual occupations … … … … … 53.80 49.20 44.50 All occupations … … … … … 51.00 46.90 43.60 compared with the national average earnings.
§ Mr. GoldingThe following are New Earnings Survey estimates of the general average gross weekly earnings of full time employees in all occupations—manual and non-manual—in all industries and services, whose pay for the survey pay periods in April each year were not affected by absence.
The figures for Cheshire relate to those employed in the county, irrespective of their places of residence; such estimates are only available from 1974 when the present county was established.
The estimates are given to the nearest 10p and are subject to sampling errors. They are liable to be affected by differences in occupational and industrial employment structures, both between Cheshire and Great Britain and between the survey dates.
FULL-TIME MEN AGED 21 AND OVER Cheshire Great Britain £ £ April 1974 … … 48.40 47.70 Aprill975 … … 61.70 60.80 April 1976 … … 73.60 71.80 April 1977 … … 82.50 78.60
FULL-TIME WOMEN AGED 18 AND OVER Cheshire Great Britain £ £ April 1974 … … 24.00 26.90 April 1975 … … 36.80 37.40 April 1976 … … 44.70 46.20 April 1977 … … 50.20 51.00