Nation creates 278 thousand formal jobs in September; common wage drops

Brazil opened 278,085 formal jobs in September, according to data from the Caged (General Registry of Employed and Unemployed) released by the Ministry of Labor and Welfare today. The number is the difference between 1.92 million new hires and 1.64 million dismissals registered in the month.

There was a drop in comparison with the previous month, when 285,314 new vacancies were created, according to updated data from the folder.

The average admission salary also dropped 0.64%, according to the ministry. Those who were hired in September received an average of BRL 1,931.13, BRL 12.47 less than in the previous month.

All sectors had a positive balance. According to the federal government, the five monitored groups registered growth, with the service area as the one that opened the most jobs, with 122,562 new contracts.

See the results below:

• Services: 122,562 new vacancies;
• Trade, repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles: 57,974 new vacancies;
• General industry: 56,909 new vacancies;
• Construction: 31,166 new vacancies,
• Agriculture, livestock, forestry production, fishing and aquaculture: 9,474 new vacancies.

Division by region

The five Brazilian regions showed a positive balance in the generation of new vacancies. Southeast and Northeast had the best performances. See the results below:

• Southeast (+108,219 posts, +0.49%);
• Northeast (+86,658 posts, +1.25%);
• South (+38,179 stations, +0.48%);
• Midwest (+25,458 posts, +0.68%);
• North (+19,400 stations, +0.95%).

Average salary dropped

According to the released data, the average admission salary in September was $1,931.13 nationwide. Compared to the previous month, there was a real decrease of R$ 12.47, a decrease of 0.62%.

The result was driven by the fall in the average salary in the service sector. See the breakdown by sector:

• Services: BRL 2,048.31 (-1.58%);
• General industry: BRL 1,987.68 (+0.41%);
• Construction: BRL 2,024.84 (+0.8%);
• Trade, repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles: R$ 1,674.29 (0%),
• Agriculture, livestock, forestry, fishing and aquaculture: R$ 1,705.59 (+3.82%).

Methodology

The data from Caged refer only to jobs with a formal contract, and the companies themselves fill in the information in their own system. The survey does not capture data from the informal labor market, such as the IBGE’s Pnad Contínua (Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics), for example.

As companies can update hiring and termination information retroactively, the data may vary from month to month.

Source: Uol