For June quater 2007, the ACT Wage Price Index (for total hourly rates of pay excluding bonuses) was 115.4 for the public sector and 113.0 for the private sector. There was an increase from June 2006 of 4.7 index points for the public sector (from 110.7) and an increase of 4.8 index points for the private sector (from 108.2). The wage prices in both sectors have risen steadily over the last 10 years.
