Construction’s unskilled and semi-skilled site labourers for 8.2% more in their pay packets in the second quarter (Q2) of 2024 compared to Q2 2023.
Skilled mechanical & electrical trades got a whopping 14.8% rise.
But plant operatives saw no increase at all – 0% – dragging down the industry average increase in earnings to 4.6% year-on-year
Source of the data is the Hays/BCIS Site Wage Cost Indices
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