Employment growth by earnings group, January 1996 to December 1998, seasonally adjusted Month Highest Middle Lowest earnings earnings earnings group group group Jan-96 0.0 0.0 0.0 Feb-96 0.6 0.2 0.5 Mar-96 0.7 0.1 0.9 Apr-96 0.7 0.3 1.1 May-96 1.1 0.2 1.5 Jun-96 1.9 0.5 1.3 Jul-96 1.9 0.9 1.6 Aug-96 2.1 1.2 1.3 Sep-96 2.5 1.2 2.1 Oct-96 2.8 1.7 1.9 Nov-96 3.2 1.6 1.6 Dec-96 3.1 1.8 1.7 Jan-97 3.7 2.0 2.1 Feb-97 3.7 2.3 1.9 Mar-97 4.2 2.9 2.0 Apr-97 4.3 3.1 2.3 May-97 3.8 3.7 2.7 Jun-97 4.1 4.3 1.8 Jul-97 4.3 4.4 2.4 Aug-97 5.1 3.9 2.5 Sep-97 5.2 2.9 3.5 Oct-97 5.2 3.4 3.3 Nov-97 5.6 4.0 3.5 Dec-97 6.3 3.7 3.5 Jan-98 5.9 4.8 3.1 Feb-98 5.7 5.5 3.1 Mar-98 6.4 4.6 3.0 Apr-98 6.7 4.8 3.3 May-98 7.0 4.0 3.7 Jun-98 7.5 2.8 4.3 Jul-98 8.0 3.0 3.6 Aug-98 8.0 3.0 3.9 Sep-98 9.5 3.0 3.6 Oct-98 9.6 3.6 3.0 Nov-98 9.5 4.2 3.2 Dec-98 10.1 4.9 3.2