Modest rise in wages as job vacancy rate stable

Earnings rose by an extremely modest 0.2% in the latest quarter, as the job vacancy rate remained unchanged despite signs of militancy by public sector unions.

The CSO figures for the three months to the end of September also show that weekly earnings across all parts of the economy ticked higher by 1.2% from a year earlier.

In the public sector, wages were up 1% from a year earlier, running behind an increase of 1.8% in the private sector, analysts said.