The country registered the net creation of 136 thousand formal jobs in March. Despite the positive balance, the data continue to show a deceleration in relation to last year’s growth and a drop in the average salary of employees.
The data were released through the Caged (General Register of Employed and Unemployed), presented this Thursday (28) by the Ministry of Labor and Social Security. The balance for the month results from 1.95 million new hires and 1.81 million dismissals.
In January, the result had already been 38% lower than a year earlier. In February, the drop was 17%. For the ministry, the slowdown in 2022 is natural after a 2021 of economic recovery.
The Ministry of Labor and Welfare says that data this year tend to be more in line with the performance of the activity, instead of being influenced by the resumption of 2021. The market expects the country to grow 0.65% this year, from according to the most recent Focus bulletin, which brings analysts’ estimates compiled by the Central Bank.
The service sector once again led the opening of jobs (111,500), although it shows a slower pace than in previous months (in February, for example, the balance had been positive by more than 200,000). The highlight was the transport, storage and mail section (with 16,200 service stations created).
Next in the list of biggest job generators were construction (25 thousand jobs created), industry (15.2 thousand) and construction (only 352 jobs). Agriculture, on the other hand, had a negative performance and cut 15,900 jobs.
Not all regions had a positive result this month. Vacancies were created in the Southeast (with the opening of 75.8 thousand positions), in the South (33.6 thousand), in the Midwest (20.2 thousand) and in the North (9.3 thousand). The Northeast, on the other hand, closed 4,900 jobs.
Job creation contrasts with admission salaries falling again — resuming a trajectory of consecutive declines recorded throughout 2021 (after a rise in January).
The average remuneration for those hired in March was R$ 1,872.07, a real drop of 7.2% compared to a year earlier. According to the technicians, the lowest remuneration is traditionally observed in times of resumption of employment.
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