Monthly Economic and Social Indicators

HISTORICAL SUPPLEMENT 1999

3.3a Selected National Accounts Ratios Wages share (a) - per cent
		September quarter	December quarter	March quarter	June quarter	Annual average
1963-64		52.1	53.0	52.6	52.9	52.6
1964-65		53.2	54.3	53.6	54.0	53.8
1965-66		55.2	55.3	56.6	55.4	55.6
1966-67		55.2	54.4	53.7	54.6	54.6
1967-68		56.0	54.6	56.5	55.4	55.7
1968-69		53.8	53.7	55.3	55.0	54.5
1969-70		54.8	54.7	54.6	54.9	54.7
1970-71		55.5	56.8	57.2	57.3	56.8
1971-72		56.8	56.8	57.2	57.0	57.1
1972-73		57.0	56.0	56.2	56.3	56.4
1973-74		56.0	56.4	57.4	60.3	57.5
1974-75		62.4	62.5	62.9	61.3	62.3
1975-76		61.8	61.2	62.1	60.8	61.6
1976-77		60.2	60.5	60.3	60.6	60.4
1977-78		60.3	61.1	61.1	59.8	60.6
1978-79		59.2	58.0	56.5	57.1	57.7
1979-80		56.8	56.4	56.8	56.7	56.7
1980-81		57.7	57.2	57.8	58.0	57.7
1981-82		57.6	57.8	59.7	59.9	58.9
1982-83		61.4	60.9	60.3	58.6	60.3
1983-84		56.5	57.3	54.3	57.0	56.3
1984-85		56.6	56.7	56.1	56.3	56.5
1985-86		55.4	56.9	56.4	56.1	56.2
1986-87		57.1	55.7	54.7	54.4	55.5
1987-88		54.4	54.0	53.5	53.6	53.8
1988-89		52.4	52.8	53.4	53.1	52.9
1989-90		53.5	53.9	54.6	55.0	54.2
1990-91		55.0	55.0	55.0	54.7	54.7
1991-92		54.7	54.8	53.9	54.2	54.4
1992-93		54.4	53.5	53.0	53.3	53.5
1993-94		53.2	53.2	53.1	54.2	53.4
1994-95		53.8	54.0	54.7	54.7	54.2
1995-96		54.0	54.2	53.9	54.2	54.0
1996-97		55.1	55.3	55.4	54.9	55.1
1997-98		54.7	54.9	54.3	54.1	54.4
1998-99		54.9
(a) Compensation of employees as a proportion of Gross Domestic Product at factor cost. Quarterly figures are seasonally adjusted. Source: National Income, Expenditure and Product, ABS (5206.0)

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