Rio de Janeiro – The actual payroll of industry workers in Brazil has increased by 1.3% in July compared with the month of June. In the comparison with July 2007, the expansion was 6.9%. The survey was disclosed today (9th) by the Brazilian Institute for Geography and Statistics (IBGE).
Industry wage increase, which reached 7.4% in the state of São Paulo, was the main contributing factor to the good result. Wage increase in the industrial sector in São Paulo was mostly driven by the segments of chemicals (25.9%) and means of transportation (10.3%).
In all of the regions surveyed, the highest growth rates were recorded in the segments of means of transportation (11.9%), chemicals (16.6%), machinery and equipment (8.3%) and non-metallic minerals (18.2%).
The highest wage reductions, in July, were recorded in the segments of paper and printing industry (-3.6%), shoes and leather items (-4.3%) and textiles (-2.9%).
*Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum
