Ministério do Planejamento, Orçamento e Gestão
Monthly Employment Survey - PME
Estimates for August 2008 (thousand persons)
Metropolitan Area: RE, SAL, BH,RJ, SP AND POA
Minimum age: 10 years
| Specification | Aug/07 | Jul/08 | Aug/08 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Persons at active age | 40,540 | 41,369 | 41,458 |
| Economically active persons (PEA) | 23,264 | 23,576 | 23,611 |
| Non-economically active persons (PNEA) | 17,275 | 17,793 | 17,847 |
| Employed persons | 21,049 | 21,668 | 21,820 |
| Unemployed persons | 2,216 | 1,908 | 1,791 |
| Persons marginally connected to PEA | 907 | 825 | 820 |
| Discouraged persons | 19 | 16 | 25 |
| Persons who left their last job in the period of the last 365 days | 2.000 | 1.893 | 1.809 |
| Underemployed persons due to insufficient working hours | 780 | 681 | 643 |
| Employed persons with income/hour, minimum wage/hour | 3,564 | 3,733 | 3,602 |
| Workers with a formal contract signed in the formal sector (*) | 9,027 | 9,494 | 9,550 |
| Workers without a formal contract in the private sector (**) | 2,858 | 2,995 | 3,028 |
| Employment rate | 90.5 | 91.9 | 92.4 |
| Unemployment rate | 9.5 | 8.1 | 7.6 |
| Percentage of underemployed persons due to insufficient working hours | 3.7 | 3.2 | 3.0 |
| Percentage of employed persons with income/hour, minimum wage/hour | 16.9 | 17.2 | 16.5 |
| Percentage of employed persons looking for a job in the period of last 30 days | 4.5 | 3.7 | 3.9 |
| Distribution of persons at active age (%): | |||
| Economically active (Activity Rate) | 57.4 | 57.0 | 57.0 |
| Employed | 51.9 | 52.4 | 52.6 |
| Unemployed | 5.5 | 4.6 | 4.3 |
| Non-economically active | 42.6 | 43.0 | 43.0 |
| Distribution of employed persons (%) - Main activity | |||
| Groups of activity | |||
| Mining and quarrying ind. and production and distrib. of electricity, gas and water | 17.1 | 17.3 | 17.6 |
| Construction | 7.2 | 7.2 | 7.2 |
| Trade, repair of automotive vehicles and of personal and domestic objects and retail trade of fuels | 19.3 | 19.0 | 18.6 |
| Financial mediation, real estate activities, rents and services rendered to enterprises | 15.3 | 15.2 | 15.3 |
| Public administration, defense, social security, education, health and social services | 15.7 | 15.9 | 15.9 |
| Domestic services | 8.2 | 7.9 | 7.8 |
| Other services | 16.6 | 16.8 | 17.0 |
| Other activities | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| Position in the actitvity | |||
| Workers | 75.3 | 76.1 | 76.1 |
| Workers with a formal contract (***) | 47.7 | 48.5 | 48.2 |
| Workers without a formal contract (***) | 20.4 | 20.1 | 20.2 |
| Own-account | 19.0 | 18.5 | 18.8 |
| Employers | 5.1 | 4.7 | 4.5 |
| Non-paid workers | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.6 |
| Distribution of non-economically active persons (PNEA): | |||
| PNEA who would like and were available to work (%) | 13.5 | 12.2 | 12.1 |
| Marginally connected to PEA | 5.3 | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Discouraged | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| PNEA who would like and were not available to work (%) | 2.5 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
| Distribution of unemployed persons (%): (by job searching period) |
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| Up to 30 days | 23.8 | 24.4 | 22.8 |
| From 31 days to 6 months | 45.5 | 49.3 | 50.9 |
| From 7 to11 months | 9.8 | 7.6 | 9.1 |
| From 1 year to less than 2 years | 11.8 | 9.8 | 9.8 |
(*) Except domestic workers
(**) Except domestic workers and non-paid workers of the housing unit in which they were employed
(***) Including domestic workers