This rate reflects the stabilization of the segment after a sequence of five consecutive hikes, with accumulated increase of 2.0% in the period and considering a seasonally adjusted series.

This rate reflects the stabilization of the segment after a sequence of five consecutive hikes, with accumulated increase of 2.0% in the period and considering a seasonally adjusted series. The results of other comparisons were positive: 2.1% in comparison with June/06, 2.0% compared to the same quarter in the previous year, and 1.6% accumulated in the year. The indicator accumulated in the last 12 months has been on a growing trend since October 2006, having changed from 0.8% in May to 1.0% in June.

The acceleration observed in the segment of industrial employment was also reflected in the indexes which compare the quarter with the immediately previous one (seasonally adjusted series). In this case, the second quarter of 2007 (1.1%) had the highest rate since the third quarter of 2004 (1.6%).

Salaried employed persons

In June, industrial employment had negative change of 0.1% in comparison with May, considering a seasonally adjusted series, after a sequence of five months with positive rates; in this period, there was accumulated increase of 2.0%.  The quarterly moving average, which has been on a growing trend since last January, changed by 0.3% between May and June.

The comparison with June 2006 showed increase by 2.1%, the twelfth consecutive positive result. This way, the index accumulated in the first semester of the year reached 1.6%. In terms of the quarterly indexes, the number of employed persons changed by 2.0%, in the second quarter of 2007, compared to the same period in 2006, and was 1.1% higher than in the immediately previous quarter (seasonally adjusted series). The indicator accumulated in the last twelve months has been on a growing trend since October 2006, and changed from 0.8% in May, to 1.0% in June.

In relation to June 2006 (2.1%), all the areas (14) and the 18 subsectors surveyed had increase of the number of employed persons. The main highlights by area were São Paulo (2.9%), Minas Gerais (2.1%) ad the North and Central West Regions (2.3%). In the state of São Paulo, the main positive contributions came from machinery and equipment (11.7%), other products from manufacturing industry (11.5%) and means of transportation (4.4%). In Minas Gerais, the most relevant positive figures came from metal products (14.4%) and means of transportation (10.9%); in the North and Central West Region, the highlight was food products and beverages (8.7%).

Considering the overall result in the country, in terms of subsectors, the main positive contributions came from food products and beverages (4.0%), machinery and equipment (9.4%), metal products (8.3%) and means of transportation (6.6%). On the other hand, apparel (-4.3%), wood (-7.6%) and footwear and leather articles (-4.2%) were the main positive impacts.

In the quarterly analysis, in comparison with the same period in the previous year, industrial employment has been on a growing trend since the second quarter of 2006; the result of the period April-June 2007 (2.0%) was the highest rate since the second quarter of 2005 (2.2%). Among the eleven subsectors which had increase, considering the indexes of the first and of the second quarters of this year, the highlight was the subsector of machinery ad equipment (which changed from 1.6% to 7.0%); it reflected increase of productivity. It is also worth mentioning the reduction of the decrease of manpower in more active segments, such as footwear and leather articles (from -8.0% to -4.7%) and apparel (from 5.9% to -4.2%). In the second quarter, ten areas had results above those in the first quarter. The highest relative increase occurred in Rio Grande do Sul: from -3.3% to -0.1%.

In terms of the indicator accumulated in the first semester of the year, the number of salaried employed persons increased by 1.6%, with positive indexes in all the areas surveyed. The only exception was Rio Grande do Sul (-1.7%), which was still being affected by the performance of the subsector footwear and leather articles (-13.9%). The main positive contributions came from São Paulo (2.3%), Northeast Region (2.2%) and North Region and Central West Regions (2.6%). In terms of subsectors, the highlights in the country were food products and beverages (5.3%), metal products (5.7%), means of transportation (4.7%) and machinery and equipment (4.3%). On the other hand, negative contributions to the overall rate came especially from footwear and leather articles (-6.4%), apparel (-5.1%) and wood (-4.7%).

Number of hours paid

In June, the number of hours paid to industry workers changed negatively by 0.2% in comparison with results in May (seasonally adjusted series). This occurred after two months of positive results, a period in which there was an accumulated rate of 1.2%. With these results, the quarterly moving average indicator changed positively by 0.3% between the quarters which ended in June and in May.

The results for the remaining indicators were positive: 1.5% in relation to June 2006, 1.3% accumulated in the year, and growing trend of the rate accumulated in the last twelve months, which reached 1.0%. Considering quarterly indexes, the number of hours paid increased by 1.75% in comparison with the second quarter of 2006 and by 1.0% in comparison with the first semester this year, not considering seasonal influences.

The monthly indicator increased by 1.5%, with positive results in ten of the fourteen areas and in eleven of the eighteen subsectors surveyed. In terms of subsectors, the main positive contributions came from food products and beverages (4.7%), machinery and equipment (8.5%) and metal products (7.0%). On the other hand, footwear and leather articles (-7.5%) and apparel (-5.7%) were the most significant negative highlights.

The areas considered as the most significant positive impacts on the national result were: São Paulo (2.3%), North and Central West Regions and Paraná, both with rate of 2.6%. In São Paulo, there was increase of the number of hours paid, especially of food products and beverages (5.7%), machinery and equipment (9.4%) and other products from manufacturing industry (12.8%). In the North and Central West Regions the highlights were, among the positive contributions, food products and beverages (10.7%) and chemical products (9.6%). In Paraná, the most significant increase was that of means of transportation (28.5%). On the other hand, the main negative influence on the overall average came from Rio de Janeiro (-0.7%), where food products and beverages (-7.6%) was the activity which had the highest decrease.

On a quarterly basis, the increase of the number of hours paid accelerated from the first (0.8%) to the second quarter (1.7%) of the year. Both comparisons were made in relation to the same period in the previous year, being this one the highest result since the second quarter of 2005 (1.8%). Between these two quarters, the number of hours paid increased in eleven of the eighteen activities, especially in machinery and equipment, which changed from 1.4% to 6.4%. In the analysis by area, the highest relative increase came from Rio Grande do Sul, in which the rate fell by 3.3%, in the first quarter, and decreased by only 0.3%, in the second. In second place was Bahia, whose result changed from -1.0% to 1.2%, between the two quarters of 2007.

In the end of the first semester of the year, there was increment by 1.3%, with increases in twelve localities and in twelve subsectors. The main positive impacts by area came from São Paulo (1.7%), Northeast Region (2.2%) and North and Central West Regions (2.4%). On the other hand, Rio Grande do Sul (-1.8%) and Minas Gerais (-0.7%) accounted for the only negative contributions. In the analysis by subsector, the main contributions came from food products and beverages (6.0%), means of transportation (4.3%) and metal products (4.3%). Footwear and leather articles (-8.2%) and apparel (-6.5%), on the other hand, were the highlights, with the most significant negative results.

Real payroll

In June, the seasonally adjusted real payroll of industry workers changed by 0.2% in relation to the immediately previous month, after having fallen by 0.7% in May. The quarterly moving average index also had a positive rate (0.3%) among the months which ended in May and June, after facing decrease by 1.1% in May.

In comparison with similar periods in the previous year, the results were also positive: 4.6% in relation to June 2006, 4.9% in the second quarter and 4.6% accumulated in the year. The annualized rate, the indicator accumulated in the last twelve months, showed slight increase between May (3.0%) and June (3.2%), and has been on a growing trend since December 2006.

In terms of the monthly indicator, real payroll increased by 4.6%, with positive rates in all the areas surveyed. The main contribution came from São Paulo (3.3%), due to, mainly, to chemical products (19.2%), means of transportation (5.4%) and metallurgy (12.3%). It is also worth mentioning Rio de Janeiro (10.2%), because of the salary rises in mining and quarrying industry (43.7%) and metallurgy (18.4%); North and Central West  Regions (8.4%), because of food products and beverages (18.5%) and means of transportation (31.5%); Rio Grande do Sul (6.0%), because of metal products (45.5%) and food products and beverages (12.6%). In terms of subsector, there was real increase of payroll in twelve of the eighteen subsectors surveyed. The main positive influences came from chemical products (14.5%) food products and beverages (6.2%), mining and quarrying industry (19.0%) and means of transportation (4.9%). On the contrary, the main negative rates were those of paper and graphic material (-5.2%), rubber and plastic (-3.7%) and wood (-8.9%).

In the quarterly analysis, the value of real payroll, in comparison with the same quarter in 2006, showed slight increase of the increase rhythm from the first (4.4%) to the second quarter (4.9%). This relative acceleration occurred in seven of the fourteen areas, especially in Rio Grande do Sul, where the result changed from 4.1% to 6.7% and Rio de Janeiro (from 5.5% to 7.6%). Eight of the eighteen segments had increase of their increase indexes from the first to the second quarter. The most relevant rates were those of: means of transportation 9from 1.3% to 5.2%), chemical products (from 7.7% to 11.6%) and electronic and communication machines and equipment (from 0.3% to 3.9%).

Concerning the indicator accumulated in the first semester (4.6%), there was increase of real payroll in all the areas. The main positive contributions came from São Paulo (3.2%), due to chemical products (9.8%) and food products and beverages (4.2%); from minas Gerais (5.9%), due to mining and quarrying industry (15.8%) and metallurgy (5.5%); and Northeast Region (7.1%), due to food products and beverages (8.8%) and petroleum refining and alcohol production (28.0%). In the analysis by subsector, there was increase of the salary mass in thirteen of the eighteen activities. The major positive impacts came from food products and beverages (7.9%), chemical products (9.6%) and mining and quarrying industry (16.2%), whereas the major negative contributions were those of paper and graphic material (-3.7%), wood (-6.7%) and footwear and leather articles (-3.0%).