Balance was the result of 2.52 million admissions and 2.3 million dismissals; The result was released this Wednesday (April 29, 2026)
Brazil recorded the creation of 228,208 jobs with a formal contract signed in March, the Ministry of Labor and Employment reported this Wednesday (April 29, 2026). The statistics are from the General Register of Employed and Unemployed.
The balance was the result of 2,526,660 admissions and 2,298,452 dismissals in the period.
Projections by financial agents indicated that the balance of formal jobs would be 255 thousand in March. The result was below estimates.
The Brazilian job market continues to show signs of slowing down. the country had created 268,384 formal vacancies. Therefore, there was a 15% drop in job openings in March.
JOB STOCK
The stock of formal jobs in Brazil rose to 49.08 million in March. It was 48.9 million in February and 47.9 million in the same month of 2025.
In 12 months, the number of formal jobs increased by 2.34%.
SECTORS
The service sector was the one that hired the most in March, with 152,391 vacanciesin the unadjusted data.
Read the month breakdown:
- services – 152.391;
- construction – 38.316;
- industry – 28.336;
- business – 27.267;
- agriculture – -18.096
In the accumulated period from January to March 2026, in the data with adjustments:
- services – 382.3 thousand vacancies;
- construction – 120,5 mil;
- industry – 115,3 mil;
- agriculture – 14.752;
- business – -19.525
1ST QUARTER
From January to March, Brazil created 613,373 formal jobs.
The number fell 9.15% compared to the same period in 2025, when it totaled 675,119.
The real average salary for admission in March was R$2,350.83, a reduction compared to the value for the same month in 2025 (R$2,368.33).
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE
In March, there were 753.9 thousand applications for unemployment insurance, well above the 638.7 thousand requested in February 2026. In March 2025, there were 671.3 thousand.
