Wage Increases in September 2004 Quarter Agreements

By ACIRRT

A summary of wage trends in the Septemebr quarter analysis of EBAs

The average annual wage increase for certified agreements registered in the September 2004 quarter was 4.3 percent (per agreement), down by 0.3 percentage points from 4.6 percent in the June 2004 quarter.

In the September 2004 quarter the gap between union and non-union agreements has been maintained at 1.1 percentage points, compared to 1.8 percentage points in the June quarter.

In the September 2004 quarter, the average annual wage increase was 4.6 percent in union agreements and 3.5 percent to non-union agreements. Private sector agreements certified in the September 2004 quarter have shown a drop in average annual wage increases from the previous quarter from 4.6 percent to 4.0 percent. While in the public sector, average annual wage increases have shown only a slight decrease from 4.6 percent in the June quarter to 4.4 percent in September.

(ADAM Report no 43 December 2004)