"Figure 4: Public sector annual pay growth has fallen back below that of the private sector","" "Annual growth in Great Britain nominal average weekly earnings (including bonuses) for the public and private sector, October 2017 to October 2019, seasonally adjusted","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","%" "","" "","Private","Public" "Oct 17","2.7","1.8" "Nov 17","2.7","1.9" "Dec 17","2.8","2.0" "Jan 18","2.8","2.0" "Feb 18","2.9","2.3" "Mar 18","3.0","2.4" "Apr 18","2.8","2.4" "May 18","2.9","2.1" "Jun 18","2.3","2.1" "Jul 18","2.6","2.3" "Aug 18","2.8","2.6" "Sep 18","3.0","2.7" "Oct 18","3.5","2.7" "Nov 18","3.6","2.8" "Dec 18","3.8","2.8" "Jan 19","3.6","2.8" "Feb 19","3.7","2.6" "Mar 19","3.3","2.6" "Apr 19","3.3","3.1" "May 19","3.5","3.6" "Jun 19","4.0","4.0" "Jul 19","3.9","3.7" "Aug 19","3.7","3.4" "Sep 19","3.7","3.3" "Oct 19","3.2","3.1"