Tag: Wage growth

Public sector wages have outgrown private for six straight quarters. But the gap itself swings wildly quarter to quarter -- and over the full five-year picture, private sector pay is still narrowly ahead overall.

Real wages fell 0.75 percentage points over the year to June 2026 -- but the quarterly real-wage sign flipped four times in a row, driven by CPI volatility rather than any instability in wage growth itself.