In the March 2012 quarter, salary and wage rates (including overtime) rose 0.5 percent.
In the year to the March 2012 quarter:
- Salary and wage rates (including overtime) increased 2.0 percent.
- Overtime wage rates increased 2.5 percent.
- Private sector salary and ordinary time wage rates increased 2.1 percent.
| Sector |
Salary and ordinary time
wage rates
Percentage change |
All salary and wage rates
(including overtime)
Percentage change |
From previous
quarter |
From previous
year |
From previous
quarter |
From previous
year |
| All sectors |
0.4 |
2.0 |
0.5 |
2.0 |
| Public sector |
0.4 |
1.6 |
0.4 |
1.6 |
| Private sector |
0.5 |
2.1 |
0.5 |
2.1 |
Geoff Bascand
Government Statistician |
1 May 2012
ISSN 1178-0525
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