"Figure 3: Private sector total growth rate is higher than public sector","" "Average weekly earnings annual growth rates for total pay (including bonuses) by public/private sector in Great Britain, seasonally adjusted, January to March 2005 to January to March 2022","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","%" "","" "","Private sector - total","Public sector - total","Private sector - regular","Public sector - regular" "Jan-Mar 2001","6.8","3.2","4.1","3.4" "Feb-Apr 2001","6.7","4.2","4.5","4.5" "Mar-May 2001","5.1","5.3","4.8","5.6" "Apr-Jun 2001","5.4","5.8","4.8","6.1" "May-Jul 2001","5.1","5.8","4.8","6.1" "Jun-Aug 2001","5.1","6.0","5.1","6.2" "Jul-Sep 2001","4.5","6.2","5.0","6.4" "Aug-Oct 2001","4.4","6.2","4.7","6.3" "Sep-Nov 2001","4.2","5.7","4.5","5.9" "Oct-Dec 2001","3.8","5.5","4.4","5.6" "Nov-Jan 2002","3.5","5.1","4.4","5.2" "Dec-Feb 2002","2.9","4.9","4.7","4.9" "Jan-Mar 2002","2.9","4.6","4.9","4.6" "Feb-Apr 2002","2.9","4.2","4.8","4.2" "Mar-May 2002","3.2","4.0","4.5","3.9" "Apr-Jun 2002","3.5","3.7","4.4","3.6" "May-Jul 2002","3.7","3.8","4.3","3.7" "Jun-Aug 2002","3.6","3.3","4.0","3.3" "Jul-Sep 2002","3.4","3.2","3.5","3.1" "Aug-Oct 2002","3.0","3.0","3.2","3.0" "Sep-Nov 2002","2.7","3.7","3.0","3.6" "Oct-Dec 2002","2.3","4.3","2.7","4.1" "Nov-Jan 2003","2.1","4.5","2.8","4.3" "Dec-Feb 2003","1.8","4.5","2.7","4.3" "Jan-Mar 2003","2.7","4.2","2.6","4.3" "Feb-Apr 2003","2.9","4.3","2.5","4.4" "Mar-May 2003","3.2","4.1","2.7","4.3" "Apr-Jun 2003","2.4","4.4","2.7","4.4" "May-Jul 2003","2.3","4.4","2.6","4.5" "Jun-Aug 2003","2.2","5.3","2.5","5.2" "Jul-Sep 2003","2.5","5.5","2.7","5.6" "Aug-Oct 2003","3.0","5.6","3.0","5.7" "Sep-Nov 2003","3.4","5.0","3.2","5.2" "Oct-Dec 2003","3.6","4.7","3.6","4.8" "Nov-Jan 2004","3.8","4.6","3.5","4.6" "Dec-Feb 2004","3.7","4.6","3.3","4.5" "Jan-Mar 2004","3.6","4.5","3.0","4.4" "Feb-Apr 2004","3.6","4.6","3.0","4.5" "Mar-May 2004","4.0","4.7","3.2","4.6" "Apr-Jun 2004","4.2","4.6","3.3","4.7" "May-Jul 2004","4.4","4.3","3.4","4.4" "Jun-Aug 2004","4.4","3.9","3.7","4.0" "Jul-Sep 2004","4.6","3.8","3.7","3.9" "Aug-Oct 2004","4.7","4.1","3.8","4.1" "Sep-Nov 2004","4.8","4.4","3.6","4.4" "Oct-Dec 2004","4.9","4.4","3.8","4.4" "Nov-Jan 2005","4.7","4.6","3.8","4.5" "Dec-Feb 2005","5.1","4.5","4.1","4.5" "Jan-Mar 2005","4.8","4.9","4.1","4.9" "Feb-Apr 2005","4.6","5.0","4.1","5.0" "Mar-May 2005","4.0","5.4","4.0","5.5" "Apr-Jun 2005","3.9","5.4","3.8","5.4" "May-Jul 2005","4.1","5.5","3.9","5.4" "Jun-Aug 2005","4.5","5.6","4.1","5.1" "Jul-Sep 2005","4.7","5.7","4.2","5.1" "Aug-Oct 2005","4.5","5.5","4.2","5.0" "Sep-Nov 2005","4.4","5.2","4.1","5.2" "Oct-Dec 2005","4.2","4.9","3.8","5.3" "Nov-Jan 2006","4.0","4.8","3.8","5.2" "Dec-Feb 2006","4.4","4.9","3.8","5.2" "Jan-Mar 2006","5.0","4.5","3.9","4.5" "Feb-Apr 2006","5.6","4.2","4.0","4.0" "Mar-May 2006","5.4","3.5","4.1","3.1" "Apr-Jun 2006","5.5","3.6","4.4","3.0" "May-Jul 2006","5.4","3.5","4.2","3.1" "Jun-Aug 2006","5.0","3.3","3.9","3.3" "Jul-Sep 2006","4.3","3.0","3.7","3.0" "Aug-Oct 2006","4.3","2.8","4.0","2.8" "Sep-Nov 2006","4.5","2.8","4.2","2.8" "Oct-Dec 2006","5.3","2.9","4.4","2.9" "Nov-Jan 2007","6.1","3.2","4.2","3.1" "Dec-Feb 2007","7.2","3.1","4.1","3.1" "Jan-Mar 2007","6.5","3.3","4.1","3.3" "Feb-Apr 2007","5.7","3.1","4.2","3.2" "Mar-May 2007","4.7","3.5","4.3","3.6" "Apr-Jun 2007","4.7","3.4","4.3","3.4" "May-Jul 2007","4.9","3.3","4.7","3.2" "Jun-Aug 2007","5.1","3.2","4.9","3.1" "Jul-Sep 2007","5.7","3.2","5.1","3.2" "Aug-Oct 2007","5.4","3.3","4.7","3.3" "Sep-Nov 2007","5.3","3.3","4.5","3.2" "Oct-Dec 2007","4.3","3.2","4.3","3.2" "Nov-Jan 2008","4.1","3.2","4.4","3.2" "Dec-Feb 2008","3.8","3.3","4.3","3.3" "Jan-Mar 2008","4.4","3.4","4.4","3.4" "Feb-Apr 2008","4.7","3.8","4.4","3.9" "Mar-May 2008","4.8","3.7","4.2","4.0" "Apr-Jun 2008","4.3","3.4","4.0","3.7" "May-Jul 2008","3.8","3.4","3.5","3.6" "Jun-Aug 2008","3.2","3.5","3.3","3.5" "Jul-Sep 2008","2.8","3.9","3.2","3.8" "Aug-Oct 2008","2.9","3.7","3.3","3.7" "Sep-Nov 2008","2.6","3.7","3.2","3.6" "Oct-Dec 2008","2.6","3.5","3.2","3.4" "Nov-Jan 2009","1.9","3.3","3.0","3.2" "Dec-Feb 2009","-0.5","3.1","2.8","3.1" "Jan-Mar 2009","-3.5","2.7","2.4","2.8" "Feb-Apr 2009","-3.6","2.7","2.0","2.7" "Mar-May 2009","-1.8","2.6","1.9","2.8" "Apr-Jun 2009","0.3","3.3","1.6","3.5" "May-Jul 2009","-0.1","3.4","1.3","3.8" "Jun-Aug 2009","-0.2","3.7","0.8","4.0" "Jul-Sep 2009","-0.4","3.6","0.5","3.8" "Aug-Oct 2009","-0.5","3.7","0.3","3.8" "Sep-Nov 2009","-0.6","3.8","0.2","3.8" "Oct-Dec 2009","-0.5","3.6","0.2","3.9" "Nov-Jan 2010","-0.3","3.7","0.5","4.0" "Dec-Feb 2010","1.8","3.7","0.7","4.0" "Jan-Mar 2010","4.3","4.5","1.0","3.9" "Feb-Apr 2010","4.2","4.3","0.9","3.7" "Mar-May 2010","2.5","4.4","0.8","3.6" "Apr-Jun 2010","0.1","3.6","0.6","3.1" "May-Jul 2010","0.7","3.4","1.0","2.9" "Jun-Aug 2010","1.0","2.9","1.6","2.6" "Jul-Sep 2010","1.7","2.7","2.0","2.7" "Aug-Oct 2010","1.8","2.8","2.0","2.7" "Sep-Nov 2010","1.9","2.8","2.0","2.8" "Oct-Dec 2010","1.6","3.2","1.9","2.8" "Nov-Jan 2011","2.5","3.4","1.9","2.8" "Dec-Feb 2011","2.3","3.4","1.8","2.8" "Jan-Mar 2011","2.7","3.1","1.7","2.9" "Feb-Apr 2011","1.9","2.8","1.6","2.8" "Mar-May 2011","2.2","2.6","1.8","2.7" "Apr-Jun 2011","2.5","2.8","2.0","2.5" "May-Jul 2011","2.7","3.1","2.0","2.3" "Jun-Aug 2011","2.6","3.1","1.7","2.2" "Jul-Sep 2011","2.1","2.6","1.6","2.0" "Aug-Oct 2011","1.9","2.1","1.7","2.0" "Sep-Nov 2011","2.0","1.9","1.9","1.9" "Oct-Dec 2011","2.2","1.6","2.1","1.7" "Nov-Jan 2012","1.3","1.2","1.8","1.3" "Dec-Feb 2012","0.9","1.1","1.8","1.1" "Jan-Mar 2012","0.5","1.0","1.8","1.0" "Feb-Apr 2012","1.4","1.2","2.0","1.3" "Mar-May 2012","1.7","1.3","2.0","1.4" "Apr-Jun 2012","1.9","1.3","2.0","1.7" "May-Jul 2012","1.7","1.2","2.0","2.1" "Jun-Aug 2012","1.8","1.9","2.0","2.7" "Jul-Sep 2012","1.8","2.3","1.8","2.7" "Aug-Oct 2012","1.6","2.7","1.7","2.4" "Sep-Nov 2012","1.4","2.1","1.5","2.0" "Oct-Dec 2012","1.2","2.0","1.3","1.8" "Nov-Jan 2013","1.1","2.0","1.2","1.9" "Dec-Feb 2013","1.1","1.7","1.0","1.7" "Jan-Mar 2013","0.5","1.4","0.8","1.5" "Feb-Apr 2013","1.6","1.3","0.9","1.3" "Mar-May 2013","1.8","1.4","1.0","1.3" "Apr-Jun 2013","2.5","0.9","1.1","1.1" "May-Jul 2013","1.4","0.4","1.1","0.7" "Jun-Aug 2013","1.1","-0.5","1.0","0.0" "Jul-Sep 2013","1.0","-0.6","1.0","-0.1" "Aug-Oct 2013","1.1","-0.7","1.0","0.0" "Sep-Nov 2013","1.1","-0.2","1.0","0.3" "Oct-Dec 2013","1.3","-0.1","1.2","0.6" "Nov-Jan 2014","1.5","-0.1","1.4","0.7" "Dec-Feb 2014","2.1","0.1","1.6","0.9" "Jan-Mar 2014","1.8","0.7","1.4","1.1" "Feb-Apr 2014","0.6","0.7","0.9","1.0" "Mar-May 2014","-0.1","0.5","0.8","0.7" "Apr-Jun 2014","0.1","0.4","0.8","0.5" "May-Jul 2014","0.8","0.7","0.9","0.6" "Jun-Aug 2014","1.0","1.0","1.0","0.8" "Jul-Sep 2014","1.0","0.8","1.4","0.9" "Aug-Oct 2014","1.7","0.7","1.9","0.9" "Sep-Nov 2014","2.1","0.7","2.1","0.8" "Oct-Dec 2014","2.4","0.8","2.0","0.7" "Nov-Jan 2015","2.2","0.8","1.9","0.8" "Dec-Feb 2015","2.0","0.9","2.1","0.9" "Jan-Mar 2015","2.8","0.3","2.7","0.8" "Feb-Apr 2015","3.3","0.4","3.1","1.0" "Mar-May 2015","3.7","0.4","3.3","1.1" "Apr-Jun 2015","2.8","0.9","3.2","1.3" "May-Jul 2015","3.2","0.9","3.3","1.2" "Jun-Aug 2015","3.4","1.0","3.2","1.2" "Jul-Sep 2015","3.3","1.3","2.8","1.3" "Aug-Oct 2015","2.6","1.4","2.2","1.3" "Sep-Nov 2015","2.1","1.5","2.0","1.5" "Oct-Dec 2015","2.1","1.3","2.2","1.4" "Nov-Jan 2016","2.4","1.4","2.4","1.4" "Dec-Feb 2016","2.2","1.3","2.5","1.3" "Jan-Mar 2016","2.5","1.5","2.5","1.5" "Feb-Apr 2016","2.3","1.6","2.5","1.6" "Mar-May 2016","2.7","1.6","2.4","1.6" "Apr-Jun 2016","2.6","1.8","2.5","1.7" "May-Jul 2016","2.6","1.6","2.4","1.6" "Jun-Aug 2016","2.5","1.8","2.4","1.7" "Jul-Sep 2016","2.6","1.5","2.6","1.5" "Aug-Oct 2016","2.7","1.5","2.8","1.5" "Sep-Nov 2016","3.0","1.3","2.9","1.4" "Oct-Dec 2016","2.7","1.5","2.8","1.4" "Nov-Jan 2017","2.3","1.4","2.5","1.4" "Dec-Feb 2017","2.3","1.3","2.2","1.4" "Jan-Mar 2017","2.4","1.2","2.0","1.3" "Feb-Apr 2017","2.5","1.1","2.0","1.2" "Mar-May 2017","2.1","1.4","2.2","1.4" "Apr-Jun 2017","2.5","1.3","2.3","1.4" "May-Jul 2017","2.3","1.6","2.3","1.7" "Jun-Aug 2017","2.5","1.5","2.3","1.6" "Jul-Sep 2017","2.4","1.7","2.4","1.7" "Aug-Oct 2017","2.7","1.9","2.5","1.9" "Sep-Nov 2017","2.6","1.9","2.4","1.9" "Oct-Dec 2017","2.7","2.0","2.6","2.0" "Nov-Jan 2018","2.8","2.0","2.7","2.0" "Dec-Feb 2018","2.9","2.3","2.9","2.3" "Jan-Mar 2018","2.9","2.4","3.0","2.5" "Feb-Apr 2018","2.8","2.4","3.0","2.5" "Mar-May 2018","2.8","2.1","2.9","2.3" "Apr-Jun 2018","2.2","2.2","2.8","2.3" "May-Jul 2018","2.6","2.4","3.0","2.5" "Jun-Aug 2018","2.9","2.8","3.2","2.7" "Jul-Sep 2018","3.2","2.8","3.3","2.8" "Aug-Oct 2018","3.5","2.7","3.4","2.7" "Sep-Nov 2018","3.5","2.7","3.4","2.9" "Oct-Dec 2018","3.6","2.8","3.5","2.8" "Nov-Jan 2019","3.5","2.8","3.6","2.9" "Dec-Feb 2019","3.7","2.6","3.6","2.6" "Jan-Mar 2019","3.4","2.5","3.6","2.4" "Feb-Apr 2019","3.4","3.1","3.6","2.9" "Mar-May 2019","3.4","3.6","3.7","3.5" "Apr-Jun 2019","3.9","4.0","4.0","3.9" "May-Jul 2019","3.9","3.8","4.0","3.5" "Jun-Aug 2019","3.9","3.5","3.9","3.3" "Jul-Sep 2019","3.9","3.3","3.7","3.2" "Aug-Oct 2019","3.3","3.1","3.5","3.3" "Sep-Nov 2019","3.1","3.3","3.3","3.4" "Oct-Dec 2019","2.6","3.3","3.1","3.3" "Nov-Jan 2020","2.9","3.2","3.0","3.2" "Dec-Feb 2020","2.7","3.3","2.8","3.2" "Jan-Mar 2020","2.3","3.3","2.5","3.3" "Feb-Apr 2020","0.6","3.3","1.3","3.3" "Mar-May 2020","-1.2","3.7","-0.1","3.8" "Apr-Jun 2020","-2.5","4.1","-1.2","4.1" "May-Jul 2020","-2.1","4.1","-0.8","4.4" "Jun-Aug 2020","-0.7","3.8","0.1","4.1" "Jul-Sep 2020","0.9","3.8","1.4","4.1" "Aug-Oct 2020","2.4","4.1","2.5","4.1" "Sep-Nov 2020","3.6","4.4","3.4","4.2" "Oct-Dec 2020","4.5","4.4","3.9","4.2" "Nov-Jan 2021","4.7","4.8","4.0","4.7" "Dec-Feb 2021","4.3","5.2","4.0","5.2" "Jan-Mar 2021","4.0","5.5","4.2","5.5" "Feb-Apr 2021","5.7","5.0","5.7","4.9" "Mar-May 2021","7.9","3.9","7.2","3.7" "Apr-Jun 2021","10.2","2.8","8.4","2.7" "May-Jul 2021","9.7","2.5","7.8","2.4" "Jun-Aug 2021","8.3","2.6","6.8","2.6" "Jul-Sept 2021","6.6","2.7","5.5","2.6" "Aug-Oct 2021","5.5","2.7","4.7","2.7" "Sept-Nov 2021","4.6","2.5","4.1","2.6" "Oct-Dec 2021","5.1","2.6","3.9","2.7" "Nov-Jan 2022","5.5","2.3","4.2","2.4" "Dec-Feb 2022","6.5","1.9","4.6","2.1" "Jan-Mar 2022","8.2","1.6","4.8","1.8"