Continuing the trend of growth, Brazil ended the month of October with a positive balance of +57,733 formal jobs, which represents an increase of + 0.15% in relation to the previous month. The information is from the General Register of Employed and Unemployed (Caged), released by the Ministry of Labor on Wednesday (21). The performance is the result of 1,279,502 admissions and 1,221,769 disconnections.
Between January and October, there were 790,579 jobs – a positive variation of + 2.09%. This year’s accumulated balance is the best since 2015. In the last 12 months, +444,483 jobs were generated (up by + 1.16%).
Sector performance
The increase in the number of jobs was registered in six of the eight economic sectors. The best performance was observed in the Commerce sector, with expansion of 34,133 jobs. In the Retail Trade, 28,984 bonds were created, representing an increase of +0.39. There were 5,149 more jobs – an increase of + 0.32% – in Wholesale Trade.
The second sector with the most expressive balance was Services, with a generation of 28,759 formal jobs. The segment had an increase of + 0.17% jobs, in relation to the previous month.
The subsector of Commerce and Administration of Real Estate, Securities and Technical Service increased by + 0.21% in October – there were 9,946 links. Then there are the subsectors of Medical, Dental and Veterinary Services, with a rise of + 0.33% – 7,046 jobs; and Accommodation, Food, Repair, Maintenance and Copywriting (+0,11 – 6,519 jobs).
The Transformation Industry sector, with 7,048 links, was the third in performance in October. The number corresponds to an increase of + 0.10% in relation to September.
The subsectors with the best indices were those of the Food, Beverage and Ethanol Industry (up by + 0.17% and generation of 3,223 jobs); Mechanical Industry (+ 0.46% and creation of 2,449 links); and Metallurgical Industry (+ 0.38% and 2,290 jobs).
The Construction sector (560 jobs) also grew in the number of jobs; Mineral Extraction (377 bonds); and Industrial Services of Public Utility – SIUP (268). Only the Agricultural and Public Administration sectors fell (-13,059 and -353 posts, respectively).
By the historical series of the Caged, the Agropecuária presents smaller balance in October due to the seasonality. Specifically in 2018, there was an anticipation of the sugarcane harvest, leading the sector to contract more in the months of August and September.
When added to the data for this two-month period, this year’s result is well above that of 2017. Last year, the period between September and October had 110,991 hirings in the sector. In 2018, there were 195,069 more jobs (+ 75.75%).
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.