Private-sector employees saw an average increase of 5% while those in the public sector earned 6.9% more, states the survey of earnings released by the States Statistics Unit today.
Average earnings in Jersey at £520 a week remain about £4,500 higher per annum than in the UK, but male workers in the London area earned nearly £31,000 last year, according to figures released nationally yesterday.
Finance industry staff in the Island earned an average of £36,920 (£710 per week), with public-sector workers only slightly behind on £36,400 (£700 per week).
Employment and Social Security president Senator Paul Routier said that the States had to compete with the finance industry for staff.
But it was a bad year for staff in hotels, restaurants and bars, whose earnings were on average £15,600 (£300 a week) and increased by only 3.2% during the year.
