Brazil created 145,161 formal jobs in June, according to data from… New General Registry of Employed and Unemployed Workers (Caged), released this Wednesday (29) by the Ministry of Labor and Employment. The result is due to 2,220,131 admissions and 2,074,970 dismissals in the period. The June balance was the lowest for the month since 2020, which saw a closure of 53,381 jobs amid the economic effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. In the same month in 2025, 161,999 jobs were created. All five groups of economic activities registered job openings last month. As usual, the service sector led the increase, with 74,514 more jobs, followed by agriculture, with 22,898. Commerce had a positive balance of 19,177 and Industry added 14,438 jobs. The Construction sector presented 14,136 vacancies, according to data without adjustments for information provided by companies outside the deadline. In the first half of 2026, Brazil will have created a total of 921,645 jobs.
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.