6345.0 - Wage Price Index, Australia, Dec 2012 Quality Declaration 
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DECEMBER KEY FIGURES

Sep Qtr 2012 to Dec Qtr 2012
Dec Qtr 2011 to Dec Qtr 2012
% change
% change
Wage Price Index (WPI)
Total hourly rates of pay excluding bonuses
Trend(a)
Australia
0.8
3.4
Sector
Private
0.8
3.4
Public
0.8
3.2
Original
Australia
0.7
3.4
Sector
Private
0.7
3.4
Public
0.6
3.2
(a) See Explanatory Notes paragraphs 42-43, 46.


Graph Image for Quarterly changes, Trend(a), Total hourly rates of pay excluding bonuses

Footnote(s): (a) See Explanatory Notes paras 42-43, 46

Source(s): Wage Price Index, Australia



Graph Image for Annual change, Original, Total hourly rates of pay excluding bonuses, States and Territories, by sector, Dec Qtr 2012

Source(s): Wage Price Index, Australia




DECEMBER KEY POINTS


TOTAL HOURLY RATES OF PAY EXCLUDING BONUSES

QUARTERLY CHANGE (SEP QTR 2012 TO DEC QTR 2012)
  • The index for all employee jobs in Australia rose 0.8%, in trend terms.
  • The rises in indexes (in original terms) at the industry level ranged from 0.3% for Accommodation and food services; and Education and training to 1.4% for Information media and telecommunications.


ANNUAL CHANGE (DEC QTR 2011 TO DEC QTR 2012)
  • The rise in the trend index through the year to the December quarter 2012 for all employee jobs was 3.4%.
  • Rises in the original indexes through the year to the December quarter 2012 at the industry level ranged from 2.2% for Accommodation and food services to 5.1% for Mining.


NOTES

FORTHCOMING ISSUES

ISSUE (QUARTER) Release Date
March 2013 15 May 2013
June 2013 14 August 2013
September 2013 13 November 2013
December 2013 19 February 2014



CHANGES IN THIS ISSUE

The distribution of employers' expenditure on wages and salaries, as provided in the appendix, is updated in the December quarter each year. An explanation of employers' expenditure data is provided in paragraphs 23-28 of the Explanatory Notes. The December quarter 2012 update has sourced estimates from the 2012 Survey of Employee Earnings and Hours to ensure the most contemporary information on employer expenditure patterns is used in the compilation of the wage price index.


ABS DATA AVAILABLE ON REQUEST

Original indexes are compiled for various combinations of state/territory, sector and broad industry group. Indexes not included in this publication may be made available on request by telephoning Luci Burrage in Perth on (08) 9360 5151 or email wage.price.index@abs.gov.au.


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 Luci Burrage on Perth (08) 9360 5151.