JUNE KEY FIGURES

			Mar Qtr 2015 to Jun Qtr 2015	Jun Qtr 2014 to Jun Qtr 2015
			% change	% change
Wage Price Index (WPI) Total hourly rates of pay excluding bonuses Trend(a)
	Australia		0.6	2.3
	Sector
		Private	0.5	2.2
		Public	0.6	2.5
Seasonally Adjusted(b)
	Australia		0.6	2.3
	Sector
		Private	0.5	2.2
		Public	0.7	2.5
Original
	Australia		0.4	2.3
	Sector
		Private	0.4	2.2
		Public	0.3	2.5
(a) See Explanatory Notes paragraphs 42-43, 46. (b) See Explanatory Notes paragraphs 35-41, 46. Source(s): Quarterly changes, Trend, Total hourly rates of pay excluding bonuses-Web Page Graph 1 Source(s): Annual change, Original, Total hourly rates of pay excluding bonuses - States and Territories-Web Page Graph 2 - Annual change Original

JUNE 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.

NOTES

FORTHCOMING ISSUES

ISSUE (QUARTER)	Release Date
September 2015	18 November 2015
December 2015	24 February 2016
March 2016	18 May 2016
June 2016	17 August 2016

DATA REFERENCES

Data referenced in the Key Points and Commentary are available from the tables shown in this publication or in the corresponding tables of this publication on the ABS website <https://www.abs.gov.au>.


INQUIRIES

For further information about these and related statistics, contact the National Information and Referral Service on 1300 135 070 or WPI on Perth (08) 9360 5151. The ABS Privacy Policy outlines how the ABS will handle any personal information that you provide to us.