Turf QLD Industry Alert |ABS Wage Price Index, Australia, Jun 2015

ABS Wage Price Index, Australia, Jun 2015

JUNE 2015 KEY POINTS

TOTAL HOURLY RATES OF PAY EXCLUDING BONUSES

QUARTERLY CHANGE (MAR QTR 2015 TO JUN QTR 2015)

• The trend index and the seasonally adjusted index for Australia rose 0.6% in the June quarter 2015.
• The Private sector rose 0.5% seasonally adjusted, and the Public sector rose 0.7%.
• The rises in industry indexes (in original terms) ranged from 0.1% for Rental, hiring and real estate services to 0.8% for Financial and insurance services.

ANNUAL CHANGE (JUN QTR 2014 TO JUN QTR 2015)

• The trend and seasonally adjusted indexes for Australia both rose 2.3% through the year to the June quarter 2015.
• Rises in industry indexes (in original terms) through the year to the June quarter 2015 ranged from 1.7% for Construction and Professional, scientific and technical services to 2.8% for Financial and insurance services.