Ministério do Planejamento, Orçamento e Gestão
Monthly Employment Survey - PME
Estimates for July 2008 (thousand persons)
Metropolitan Area: RE, SAL, BH,RJ, SP AND POA
Minimum age: 10 years
| Specification | Jul/07 | Jun/08 | Jul/08 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Persons at active age | 40,485 | 41,302 | 41,369 |
| Economically active persons (PEA) | 23,007 | 23,569 | 23,576 |
| Non-economically active persons (PNEA) | 17,479 | 17,733 | 17,793 |
| Employed persons | 20,832 | 21,723 | 21,668 |
| Unemployed persons | 2,175 | 1,846 | 1,908 |
| Persons marginally connected to PEA | 917 | 801 | 825 |
| Discouraged persons | 17 | 28 | 16 |
| Persons who left their last job in the period of the last 365 days | 1,958 | 1,779 | 1,893 |
| Underemployed persons due to insufficient working hours | 757 | 658 | 681 |
| Employed persons with income/hour, minimum wage/hour | 3,544 | 3,826 | 3,733 |
| Workers with a formal contract signed in the formal sector (*) | 8,807 | 9,532 | 9,494 |
| Workers without a formal contract in the private sector (**) | 2,877 | 2,905 | 2,995 |
| Employment rate | 90.5 | 92.2 | 91.9 |
| Unemployment rate | 9.5 | 7.8 | 8.1 |
| Percentage of underemployed persons due to insufficient working hours | 3.6 | 3.0 | 3.2 |
| Percentage of employed persons with income/hour, minimum wage/hour | 17.0 | 17.6 | 17.2 |
| Percentage of employed persons looking for a job in the period of last 30 days | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.7 |
| Distribution of persons at active age (%): | |||
| Economically active (Activity Rate) | 56.8 | 57.1 | 57.0 |
| Employed | 51.5 | 52.6 | 52.4 |
| Unemployed | 5.4 | 4.5 | 4.6 |
| Non-economically active | 43.2 | 42.9 | 43.0 |
| Distribution of employed persons (%) - Main activity | |||
| Groups of activity | |||
| Mining and quarrying ind. and production and distrib. of electricity, gas and water | 17.0 | 17.3 | 17.3 |
| Construction | 7.4 | 7.2 | 7.2 |
| Trade, repair of automotive vehicles and of personal and domestic objects and retail trade of fuels | 19.4 | 19.4 | 19.0 |
| Financial mediation, real estate activities, rents and services rendered to enterprises | 15.0 | 15.1 | 15.2 |
| Public administration, defense, social security, education, health and social services | 15.9 | 15.8 | 15.9 |
| Domestic services | 8.4 | 7.9 | 7.9 |
| Other services | 16.3 | 16.7 | 16.8 |
| Other activities | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| Position in the actitvity | |||
| Workers | 75.2 | 75.8 | 76.1 |
| Workers with a formal contract (***) | 47.1 | 48.6 | 48.5 |
| Workers without a formal contract (***) | 20.8 | 19.6 | 20.1 |
| Own-account | 19.4 | 18.9 | 18.5 |
| Employers | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.7 |
| Non-paid workers | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
| Distribution of non-economically active persons (PNEA): | |||
| PNEA who would like and were available to work (%) | 13.2 | 12.2 | 12.2 |
| Marginally connected to PEA | 5.2 | 4.5 | 4.6 |
| Discouraged | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| PNEA who would like and were not available to work (%) | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.2 |
| Distribution of unemployed persons (%): (by job searching period) |
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| Up to 30 days | 25.6 | 23.4 | 24.4 |
| From 31 days to 6 months | 45.8 | 50.0 | 49.3 |
| From 7 to11 months | 8.6 | 7.1 | 7.6 |
| From 1 year to less than 2 years | 11.8 | 10.7 | 9.8 |
(*) Except domestic workers
(**) Except domestic workers and non-paid workers of the housing unit in which they were employed
(***) Including domestic workers