"Figure 4: Public sector annual pay growth has fallen back below that of the private sector as the impact of some 2019 NHS pay rises being implemented earlier than in 2018 weakens","" "Annual growth in Great Britain nominal average weekly earnings (including bonuses) for the public and private sector, seasonally adjusted, September 2017 to September 2019","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","%" "","" "","Private","Public" "Sep 2017","2.5","1.7" "Oct 2017","2.7","1.8" "Nov 2017","2.7","1.9" "Dec 2017","2.8","2.0" "Jan 2018","2.8","2.0" "Feb 2018","2.9","2.3" "Mar 2018","3.0","2.4" "Apr 2018","2.8","2.4" "May 2018","2.9","2.1" "Jun 2018","2.3","2.1" "Jul 2018","2.6","2.3" "Aug 2018","2.8","2.6" "Sep 2018","3.1","2.7" "Oct 2018","3.5","2.7" "Nov 2018","3.5","2.8" "Dec 2018","3.7","2.8" "Jan 2019","3.6","2.8" "Feb 2019","3.7","2.6" "Mar 2019","3.3","2.6" "Apr 2019","3.3","3.1" "May 2019","3.5","3.6" "Jun 2019","4.0","4.0" "Jul 2019","3.9","3.7" "Aug 2019","3.7","3.4" "Sep 2019","3.7","3.2"