21 August 2013
The 2013 report on the Index of Average Earnings has been released by the States of Jersey Statistics Unit.
The Index of Average Earnings measures changes in earnings (gross wages and salaries, excluding bonuses) paid to employees in June each year. Figures from the latest report show that:
- in June 2013 the average weekly earnings of workers in Jersey was 2.2% higher than in June 2012
- the latest annual increase is 0.7 percentage points higher than that of the previous twelve-month period (1.5% to June 2012)
- this latest increase in earnings represents the first time in four years that earnings have increased by more than prices (RPI)
- average earnings in the private sector increased at almost twice the rate of that in the public sector over the twelve months to June 2013. Earnings increased, on average, by 2.4% in the private sector and by 1.3% in the public sector over this period
- the mean average weekly earnings of full-time equivalent employees (FTE) in Jersey in June 2013 was £660 per week
- the median average weekly earnings of full-time equivalent employees (FTE) in Jersey in June 2013 was estimated as £540 per week
Download Index of Average Earnings 2013 report (size 274 kb)
gov.je