Caged registers the creation of 195.2 thousand jobs in March

After two months of decline, formal job creation rose in March. According to data released by the General Register of Employed and Unemployed People (Caged), of the Ministry of Labor and Employment, 195,171 jobs with a formal contract were opened in the last month. The indicator measures the difference between hiring and firing.

Job creation grew 97.6% more than in the same month last year. In March 2022, 98,786 jobs had been created, in the adjusted data, which consider declarations submitted late by employers. The monthly opening of vacancies reached the highest level since September last year.

In the first three months of the year, 526,173 vacancies were opened. This result is 15% lower than in the same period last year. The comparison considers data with adjustments, when the Ministry of Labor records declarations submitted late by employers and rectifies data from previous months. The change in the Caged methodology does not make it possible to compare with years prior to 2020.

Sectors

In the division by branches of activity, four of the five surveyed sectors created formal jobs in March. The statistic was led by services, with the opening of 122,323 jobs, followed by civil construction, with 33,641 more jobs. In third place comes the manufacturing, extraction and other industries, with the creation of 20,984 jobs.

The level of employment increased in commerce, with the opening of 18,555 jobs. Only agriculture, pressured by the end of the harvest of several products, extinguished formal jobs last month, with the closing of 332 vacancies.

Highlights

In services, job creation was led by the segment of public administration, defense and social security, education, human health and social services, with the opening of 44,913 formal jobs. The category of information, communication and financial, real estate, professional and administrative activities opened 35,467 vacancies.

In industry, the positive highlight was the transformation industry, which hired 17,876 more workers than it dismissed. In second place was the extractive industry, which created 1,566 jobs.

Caged statistics presented from 2020 onwards do not detail hiring and dismissals by trade segment. The previous historical series separated data from wholesale and retail trade.

Regions

All five Brazilian regions created formal jobs in March. The Southeast led the opening of vacancies, with 113,374 more jobs, followed by the South, with 37,441 jobs. Then comes the Midwest, with 22,435 posts. The Northeast opened 14,115 jobs, and the North created 10,077 formal jobs last month.

In the division by Federation units, 22 registered a positive balance, and five extinguished vacancies. The highlights in job creation were São Paulo (50,768 jobs), Minas Gerais (38,730) and Rio de Janeiro (19,427). The biggest negative variations occurred in Pernambuco (5,266 jobs), Paraíba (815) and Rio Grande do Norte (78).