AVERAGE WAGES IN BRITAIN
MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES
INCREASE OF 156 PER CENT. SINCE 1938
LONDON. October 17. The average earnings in British manufacturing industries are now roughly one .and a half times as much a* in 1938. Although the average numless than before the war, those oi men alone have increased. Ihe Ministry of Labour Gazette gives these facts in a recent survey covering: a six months period. It shows that during this period the weekly •timings ofmor* than 6,500,000 manual wage earners averaged £6 13* flu, an of 196 stoce October, 1938. These are general • earnings, however, and include pay for overtime night work, piece work, etc. It is estimated that in the industries covered by the statistics the average level of rates of wages for the full ordinary week’s work, exclusive of overtime, was about 90 per cent, higher than in 1938. The average hours worked a week in these industries were 46.3, compared with 46.5 in October. 1938, but the reduction was mainly in female and juvenile hours. Those of mein over 21 increased from 47.7 to 474).’
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Press, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 26559, 23 October 1951, Page 6
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