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Monthly Economic and Social Indicators

HISTORICAL SUPPLEMENT 1999

2.1b Average Weekly Earnings

Persons, full-time adult ordinary time earnings: annual change (a) - per cent

August

November

February

May

Annual average

1984-85

8.5

6.9

4.8

1985-86

5.1

5.7

7.0

6.9

6.2

1986-87

8.0

7.7

6.2

6.6

7.1

1987-88

6.1

5.3

6.8

6.6

6.2

1988-89

6.1

7.8

7.2

7.8

7.2

1989-90

8.1

6.6

6.5

6.6

6.9

1990-91

6.4

7.6

7.4

5.0

6.6

1991-92

4.9

4.3

4.4

4.7

4.6

1992-93

3.1

1.5

0.8

1.7

1.8

1993-94

2.8

3.0

3.2

3.3

3.1

1994-95

2.9

4.1

4.4

4.8

4.1

1995-96

5.1

4.8

4.2

3.9

4.5

1996-97

3.8

3.9

4.3

3.6

3.9

1997-98

4.5

3.7

4.1

4.3

4.2

1998-99

4.2

(a) Monthly figures are seasonally adjusted.

Source: Average Weekly Earnings, ABS (6301.0, 6302.0)

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