Ministério do Planejamento, Orçamento e Gestão
Monthly Employment Survey - PME
Estimates for July 2008 (thousand persons)
Metropolitan Area: Salvador
Minimum age: 10 years
| Specification | Jul/07 | Jun/08 | Jul/08 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Persons at active age | 2,958 | 2,992 | 3,009 |
| Economically active persons (PEA) | 1,760 | 1,691 | 1,693 |
| Non-economically active persons (PNEA) | 1,198 | 1,301 | 1,316 |
| Employed persons | 1,505 | 1,487 | 1,489 |
| Unemployed persons | 255 | 205 | 204 |
| Persons marginally connected to PEA | 106 | 117 | 126 |
| Discouraged persons | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Persons who left their last job in the period of the last 365 days | 163 | 163 | 172 |
| Underemployed persons due to insufficient working hours | 148 | 127 | 121 |
| Employed persons with income/hour, minimum wage/hour | 495 | 430 | 433 |
| Workers with a formal contract signed in the formal sector (*) | 549 | 580 | 571 |
| Workers without a formal contract in the private sector (**) | 198 | 204 | 215 |
| Employment rate | 85.5 | 87.9 | 87.9 |
| Unemployment rate | 14.5 | 12.1 | 12.1 |
| Percentage of underemployed persons due to insufficient working hours | 9.9 | 8.6 | 8.2 |
| Percentage of employed persons with income/hour, minimum wage/hour | 32.9 | 28.9 | 29.1 |
| Percentage of employed persons looking for a job in the period of last 30 days | 12.5 | 7.4 | 7.5 |
| Distribution of persons at active age (%): | |||
| Economically active (Activity Rate) | 59.5 | 56.5 | 56.3 |
| Employed | 50.9 | 49.7 | 49.5 |
| Unemployed | 8.6 | 6.8 | 6.8 |
| Non-economically active | 40.5 | 43.5 | 43.7 |
| Distribution of employed persons (%) - Main activity | |||
| Groups of activity | |||
| Mining and quarrying ind. and production and distrib. of electricity, gas and water | 10.8 | 10.8 | 11.2 |
| Construction | 8.4 | 7.9 | 8.7 |
| Trade, repair of automotive vehicles and of personal and domestic objects and retail trade of fuels | 21.0 | 21.0 | 20.8 |
| Financial mediation, real estate activities, rents and services rendered to enterprises | 13.6 | 15.0 | 14.2 |
| Public administration, defense, social security, education, health and social services | 17.5 | 17.9 | 18.2 |
| Domestic services | 10.0 | 8.7 | 9.1 |
| Other services | 18.0 | 17.9 | 17.2 |
| Other activities | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.6 |
| Position in the actitvity | |||
| Workers | 71.7 | 73.9 | 74.4 |
| Workers with a formal contract (***) | 43.3 | 44.8 | 44.5 |
| Workers without a formal contract (***) | 22.0 | 21.7 | 22.7 |
| Own-account | 22.6 | 21.5 | 21.0 |
| Employers | 4.5 | 3.9 | 3.8 |
| Non-paid workers | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
| Distribution of non-economically active persons (PNEA): | |||
| PNEA who would like and were available to work (%) | 22.9 | 27.2 | 28.9 |
| Marginally connected to PEA | 8.9 | 9.0 | 9.6 |
| Discouraged | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| PNEA who would like and were not available to work (%) | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.7 |
| Distribution of unemployed persons (%): (by job searching period) |
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| Up to 30 days | 21.4 | 28.5 | 33.4 |
| From 31 days to 6 months | 45.8 | 39.9 | 33.8 |
| From 7 to 11 months | 7.9 | 4.7 | 6.5 |
| From 1 year to less than 2 years | 11.3 | 11.7 | 10.4 |
(*) Except domestic workers
(**) Except domestic workers and non-paid workers of the housing unit in which they were employed
(***) Including domestic workers