Richard Bruton
Ceist:125 Mr. R. Bruton asked the Taoiseach the trend in average wages for each major category of worker for which he collects data. [19540/01]
Written Answers. - Average Wages.
The information requested by the Deputy is contained in the following tables:
Table 1: Average weekly earnings and % annual increase for the most recent periods available.
|
Latestquarter |
Weeklyearnings |
Earningsone yearpreviously |
Annual %increase |
|
|
£ |
£ |
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|
Industrial Sector |
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Industrial Workers |
Q1 2001 |
354.96 |
330.18 |
7.5% |
|
Clerical and Managerial employees |
Q1 2001 |
557.45 |
523.85 |
6.4% |
|
All Employees |
Q1 2001 |
421.94 |
391.52 |
7.8% |
|
Banking, Insurance and Building Societies |
Q3 2000 |
470.25 |
435.04 |
8.1% |
|
Public Sector (Excluding Health) |
Q3 2000 |
476.06 |
457.36 |
4.1% |
|
Distribution and Business Services |
Q4 2000 |
417.80 |
381.54 |
9.5% |
|
Bulidng and Construction |
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|
Skilled Operatives |
Q4 2000 |
555.42 |
496.99 |
11.8% |
|
Unskilled/Semi-skilled Operatives |
Q4 2000 |
462.38 |
375.20 |
23.2% |
|
All Employees |
Q4 2000 |
466.75 |
408.03 |
14.4% |
Table 2: Average annual weekly earnings, 1995-2000.
|
Year |
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1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
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|
Industrial Sector |
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|
Industrial Workers |
275.05 |
283.61 |
292.59 |
305.23 |
322.34 |
345.51 |
|
|
Clerical and Managerial employees |
418.78 |
427.32 |
446.94 |
466.49 |
492.69 |
528.83 |
|
|
All Employees |
313.11 |
323.36 |
336.39 |
352.58 |
374.15 |
403.19 |
|
|
Banking, Insurance and Building |
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|
Societies |
385.43 |
398.42 |
409.68 |
424.98 |
440.04 |
n/a |
|
|
Public Sector (Excluding Health) |
382.09 |
397.80 |
417.21 |
437.44 |
455.48 |
n/a |
|
|
Year |
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|
1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
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|
Distribution and business Services |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
348.39 |
367.16 |
397.83 |
|
|
Building and Construction |
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|
Skilled Operatives |
328.42 |
345.71 |
390.81 |
425.03 |
461.34 |
510.32 |
|
|
Unskilled/Semi-skilled Operatives |
272.16 |
286.72 |
302.64 |
313.41 |
346.47 |
412.50 |
|
|
All Employees |
284.03 |
298.14 |
330.84 |
349.17 |
378.06 |
425.88 |