"Figure 4: Unemployment rate and nominal wage growth","" "UK, seasonally adjusted, January to March 2006 to August to October 2018","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","Percentage" "","" "","Unemployment (LHS), %","Nominal wage growth (RHS), %" "Jan-Mar 2006","5.2","4.0" "Feb-Apr 2006","5.3","3.9" "Mar-May 2006","5.4","3.8" "Apr-Jun 2006","5.5","4.0" "May-Jul 2006","5.5","3.9" "Jun-Aug 2006","5.5","3.7" "Jul-Sep 2006","5.5","3.5" "Aug-Oct 2006","5.5","3.7" "Sep-Nov 2006","5.4","3.8" "Oct-Dec 2006","5.5","4.1" "Nov-Jan 2007","5.5","4.0" "Dec-Feb 2007","5.5","3.9" "Jan-Mar 2007","5.5","3.9" "Feb-Apr 2007","5.5","4.0" "Mar-May 2007","5.4","4.1" "Apr-Jun 2007","5.4","4.1" "May-Jul 2007","5.3","4.3" "Jun-Aug 2007","5.3","4.6" "Jul-Sep 2007","5.3","4.7" "Aug-Oct 2007","5.2","4.4" "Sep-Nov 2007","5.2","4.2" "Oct-Dec 2007","5.2","4.0" "Nov-Jan 2008","5.2","4.1" "Dec-Feb 2008","5.2","4.1" "Jan-Mar 2008","5.2","4.2" "Feb-Apr 2008","5.3","4.4" "Mar-May 2008","5.2","4.2" "Apr-Jun 2008","5.4","3.9" "May-Jul 2008","5.5","3.6" "Jun-Aug 2008","5.7","3.4" "Jul-Sep 2008","5.9","3.3" "Aug-Oct 2008","6.0","3.4" "Sep-Nov 2008","6.2","3.4" "Oct-Dec 2008","6.4","3.3" "Nov-Jan 2009","6.5","3.1" "Dec-Feb 2009","6.7","2.9" "Jan-Mar 2009","7.1","2.5" "Feb-Apr 2009","7.3","2.2" "Mar-May 2009","7.6","2.0" "Apr-Jun 2009","7.8","2.1" "May-Jul 2009","7.9","1.9" "Jun-Aug 2009","7.9","1.6" "Jul-Sep 2009","7.8","1.4" "Aug-Oct 2009","7.9","1.2" "Sep-Nov 2009","7.8","1.1" "Oct-Dec 2009","7.8","1.1" "Nov-Jan 2010","7.7","1.4" "Dec-Feb 2010","7.9","1.6" "Jan-Mar 2010","8.0","1.8" "Feb-Apr 2010","8.0","1.7" "Mar-May 2010","7.9","1.6" "Apr-Jun 2010","7.9","1.3" "May-Jul 2010","7.8","1.6" "Jun-Aug 2010","7.8","2.0" "Jul-Sep 2010","7.8","2.2" "Aug-Oct 2010","7.9","2.2" "Sep-Nov 2010","7.9","2.3" "Oct-Dec 2010","7.9","2.2" "Nov-Jan 2011","7.9","2.2" "Dec-Feb 2011","7.8","2.1" "Jan-Mar 2011","7.8","2.0" "Feb-Apr 2011","7.7","2.0" "Mar-May 2011","7.8","2.0" "Apr-Jun 2011","7.9","2.1" "May-Jul 2011","8.0","2.0" "Jun-Aug 2011","8.2","1.7" "Jul-Sep 2011","8.3","1.6" "Aug-Oct 2011","8.4","1.7" "Sep-Nov 2011","8.5","1.8" "Oct-Dec 2011","8.4","1.9" "Nov-Jan 2012","8.3","1.6" "Dec-Feb 2012","8.3","1.5" "Jan-Mar 2012","8.2","1.5" "Feb-Apr 2012","8.2","1.7" "Mar-May 2012","8.1","1.7" "Apr-Jun 2012","8.0","1.8" "May-Jul 2012","8.0","1.8" "Jun-Aug 2012","7.9","2.0" "Jul-Sep 2012","7.9","1.8" "Aug-Oct 2012","7.9","1.6" "Sep-Nov 2012","7.8","1.4" "Oct-Dec 2012","7.8","1.3" "Nov-Jan 2013","7.8","1.2" "Dec-Feb 2013","8.0","1.0" "Jan-Mar 2013","7.8","0.8" "Feb-Apr 2013","7.8","0.8" "Mar-May 2013","7.8","0.9" "Apr-Jun 2013","7.7","1.0" "May-Jul 2013","7.7","0.9" "Jun-Aug 2013","7.7","0.7" "Jul-Sep 2013","7.6","0.7" "Aug-Oct 2013","7.4","0.7" "Sep-Nov 2013","7.2","0.7" "Oct-Dec 2013","7.2","0.9" "Nov-Jan 2014","7.2","1.1" "Dec-Feb 2014","6.9","1.3" "Jan-Mar 2014","6.8","1.1" "Feb-Apr 2014","6.6","0.7" "Mar-May 2014","6.4","0.5" "Apr-Jun 2014","6.3","0.5" "May-Jul 2014","6.1","0.6" "Jun-Aug 2014","6.0","0.8" "Jul-Sep 2014","6.0","1.2" "Aug-Oct 2014","6.0","1.6" "Sep-Nov 2014","5.9","1.8" "Oct-Dec 2014","5.7","1.8" "Nov-Jan 2015","5.7","1.7" "Dec-Feb 2015","5.6","1.9" "Jan-Mar 2015","5.5","2.4" "Feb-Apr 2015","5.5","2.8" "Mar-May 2015","5.6","2.9" "Apr-Jun 2015","5.6","2.9" "May-Jul 2015","5.5","3.0" "Jun-Aug 2015","5.4","2.9" "Jul-Sep 2015","5.3","2.6" "Aug-Oct 2015","5.2","2.1" "Sep-Nov 2015","5.1","2.0" "Oct-Dec 2015","5.1","2.1" "Nov-Jan 2016","5.1","2.3" "Dec-Feb 2016","5.1","2.3" "Jan-Mar 2016","5.1","2.4" "Feb-Apr 2016","5.0","2.4" "Mar-May 2016","4.9","2.3" "Apr-Jun 2016","4.9","2.3" "May-Jul 2016","4.9","2.2" "Jun-Aug 2016","5.0","2.3" "Jul-Sep 2016","4.8","2.4" "Aug-Oct 2016","4.8","2.6" "Sep-Nov 2016","4.8","2.7" "Oct-Dec 2016","4.8","2.5" "Nov-Jan 2017","4.7","2.3" "Dec-Feb 2017","4.7","2.0" "Jan-Mar 2017","4.6","1.8" "Feb-Apr 2017","4.6","1.8" "Mar-May 2017","4.5","2.0" "Apr-Jun 2017","4.4","2.1" "May-Jul 2017","4.3","2.2" "Jun-Aug 2017","4.3","2.2" "Jul-Sep 2017","4.3","2.2" "Aug-Oct 2017","4.3","2.3" "Sep-Nov 2017","4.3","2.3" "Oct-Dec 2017","4.4","2.5" "Nov-Jan 2018","4.3","2.6" "Dec-Feb 2018","4.2","2.8" "Jan-Mar 2018","4.2","2.9" "Feb-Apr 2018","4.2","2.8" "Mar-May 2018","4.2","2.8" "Apr-Jun 2018","4.0","2.7" "May-Jul 2018","4.0","2.9" "Jun-Aug 2018","4.0","3.1" "Jul-Sep 2018","4.1","3.2" "Aug-Oct 2018","4.1","3.3"