Data released today (3) by the General Register of Employed and Unemployed Persons (Caged), of the Ministry of Labor and Employment, indicate that, in January, Brazil had a balance of 112,334 thousand new jobs with a formal contract. The result was obtained with the admission of 2,208,030 people and 2,095,696 dismissals. Caged is an indicator that measures the difference between hiring and firing.
According to the Minister of Labor and Employment, Luiz Marinho, the highlight of the month was industry, which generated 54,991 jobs.
The data includes adjustments, which consider declarations submitted late by employers and which are rectified by the ministry.
Sectors
In the division by field of activity, four of the five sectors surveyed created formal jobs in January. Commerce alone saw a drop of 56,800 jobs, due to seasonality. The rest had increases.
Services: 40,525 positions
Business: – 56,800 positions
Industry (processing, extraction and other types): 54,991 positions
Civil construction: 50,545 positions
Agriculture: 23.0373
Regions and states
In January, positive balances were recorded in 18 of the 27 federative units, with emphasis on Santa Catarina, with 19 thousand jobs, followed by Mato Grosso, with 18,731, and Rio Grande do Sul, with 18,421.
