In February 2013, the number of salaried employed persons in industry remained unchanged (0.0%) versus the figure in the immediately previous month, in the seasonally-adjusted series, after having recorded -0.3% in December and being stable last January. With these results, the quarterly moving average index recorded a negative change of 0.1% in the quarters which ended in February over the previous month, and remained stable as observed since July last year. Industrial employment faced decrease of 1.2% in the monthly index of February 2013, the 17^th negative result in a row in this type of comparison, with a repetition of the negative rate of January. In terms of the  cumulative index  for the first two months of 2013, the total number of persons employed in industry decreased by 1.2% and remained on a downward trend as observed in the last semester of 2012 (-1.2%), being both comparisons against the same period in the previous year. The annualized rate, the indicator accumulated in the last 12 months, changed from -1.4% in January to -1.5% in February 2013, and has remained on a downward trend since February 2011 (3.9%). 

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In the comparison with the same month a year ago, industrial employment contracted 1.2% in February 2013, with drops in the volume of workers in ten of the 14 places surveyed. The main negative impact occurred in the Northeast Region (-5.3%), pushed by the negative rates in 13 of the 18 sectors, with highlight to the reduction in the number of employed persons in the industry of: food and beverages (-8.7%), petroleum refining and alcohol production (-21.7%), footwear and leather (-4.8%), apparel (-3.9%), mining and quarrying industries (-10.1%) and textiles (-5.3%). Other negative result occurred in São Paulo (-1.0%), Rio Grande do Sul (-3.1%), Pernambuco (-10.5%) and Bahia (-4.4%), with the first being influenced by the decreases of: textiles (-11.3%), transportation means (-4.0%), other products of the manufacturing industry (-8.6%), footwear and leather (-9.3%), fabricated metal products (-3.2%), apparel (-3.6%) and paper and press (-2.2%), and the second, by the loss in footwear and leather (-7.2%), machinery and equipment (-5.8%), electric-electronic and communication machinery and apparatus (-11.5%), apparel (-16.7%), rubber and plastic (-7.5%), textiles (-15.1%) and means of transportation (-2.7%). The third group was especially affected by the sector of food and beverages (-19.3%); and the last, mostly by the contraction in footwear and leather (-19.5%).  Paraná (1.4,) recorded the most relevant positive contribution to industrial employment in the country, affected by the sectors of food and beverages (2.3%), textiles (17.9%), electric-electronic and communication machinery and apparatus (8.3%), other products of the manufacturing industry (4.3%) and chemical products (6.9%).

Among the sectors, also regarding the monthly index, the overall of the salaried employed persons receded in 11 of the 18 sectors surveyed, with a highlight to the main negative pressures from apparel (-6.3%), textiles (-6.0%), footwear and leather (-5.2%), other products of the manufacturing industry (-4.1%), wood (-5.1%), means of transportation (-1.3%) and petroleum refining and alcohol production (-5.0%). The main positive impacts over the industry average were seen in the sectors of food and beverages (0.7%) and rubber and plastic (2.7%).

In the cumulative index of the first two months of the year, employment industry kept the downward movement (1.2%), with negative rates in 11 of the 14 places and in 11 of the 18 sectors surveyed. Among the places, the Northeast Region (-5.0%) registered the main negative impact, followed by São Paulo (-1.0%), Rio Grande do Sul (-3.1%), Pernambuco (-9.5%) and Bahia (-4.3%).  Paraná (1.7%) exerted the most important positive pressure. Among the sectors, the most relevant negative contributions came from apparel (-6.8%), textiles (-5.7%), footwear and leather (-4.3%), other products of the manufacturing industry (-4.1%), transportation means (-1.7%) and wood (-5.4%), while the sectors of food and beverages (1.1%) and rubber and plastic (2.7%) accounted for the main positive influences.

Number of hours paid changes 0.1% in February

In February 2013, the number of hours paid to industrial workers, without seasonal influences, changed 0.1% against that of January, after three consecutive negative rates, accumulating in this period a loss of 0.6%. In the seasonally adjusted series, the quarterly moving average index, witha negative change of 0.1% between the quarters ending in January and February, remained close to the stability, which has occured since July 2012 (-0.2%).

In comparison with February 2012, the number of hours paid in February 2013 decreased by 2.3%, recording the 18^th consecutive negative rate in this kind of comparison and the most significant since September 2012 (-2.6%). The rates were negative in 12 of the 14 places and in 12 of the 18 sectors surveyed.  Among the sectors, the main negative influences came from apparel (-7.6%), footwear and leather (-9.1%), textiles (-6.8%), other products from manufacturing industry (-5.3%), means of transportation (-3.1%) machinery and equipment (-2.6%), paper and press (-2.8%) and wood (-5.8%). The sector of rubber and plastic (1.4%) recorded the main positive result this month. Among the Regions, the Northeast (-6.6%) represented the main negative influence, due to the reduction in the number of hours paid by the sectors of food and beverages (-8.6%), footwear and leather (-7.6%), petroleum refining and alcohol production (-19.6%), apparel (-5.0%), non-metallic mineral products (-5.6%), mining and quarrying industries (-10.0%) and other products from manufacturing industry (-9.7%). Other negative impacts occurred in São Paulo (-2.2%), Rio Grande do Sul (-4.9%), Pernambuco (-10.7%) and Bahia (-7.2%). Paraná (0.9%) was the only positive contribution, with the sectors of electric-electronic and communication machinery and apparatus (16.7%), textiles (18.2%), other products of the manufacturing industry (6.5%) and chemical products (9.0%).

In the cumulative index of 2013, the number of hours paid in industry fell 1.8% and accelerated compared to the result of the last quarter of 2012 (-1.1%), being both comparisons against the same period a year ago. There was a contraction in 12 of the 18 surveyed sectors, the most relevant seen in the sectors of apparel (-7.7%), footwear and leather (-7.4%), other products of the manufacturing industry (-5.3%), textiles (-5.6%), machinery and equipment (-2.8%), transportation means (-2.0%), paper and press (-2.8%) and wood (-6.1%).

Food and beverages (1.0%) exerted the main positive contribution. At regional level, 11 of the 14 places recorded negative rates, with a highlight to the decrease of 5.2% registered by the Northeast Region, followed by São Paulo (-1.6%), Rio Grande do SUl (-4.6%), Pernambuco (-9.0%), Bahia (-5.3%) and the North and Central-West region. Paraná (1.3%) and Minas Gerais (0.2%) recorded positive rates in the first two months of 2013.

The annualized rate (index accumulated in the last 12 months) contracted 2.0% in February 2012, and continued the downward trend which started in February 2011 (4.5%).

Real Payroll grows 2.8% in February

In February 2013, the value of industrial workers’ real payroll, seasonally adjusted, grew 2.8%, after decreasing for two consecutive months, recording in this period a loss of 7.1%. In this month's result, both mining and quarrying (10.5%), mainly influenced by the payment of profit sharing and results in several companies in the sector, and manufacturing industry (1.7%) recorded positive rates. In the seasonally adjusted series, the quarterly moving average index recorded a loss of 1.5% between the quarters ending in January and February and interrupted four months of consecutive positive results which accumulated a gain of 4.2%.

Compared with that of the same month a year ago, real payroll rose by 2.5% in February 2013, the 38th consecutive positive result in this kind of comparison. Positive results occurred in ten of the 14 places surveyed.  The highest positive influences were seen in São Paulo (1.7%), North and Central-West Region (8.5%), Minas Gerais (4.6%), Rio de Janeiro (4.5%), Paraná (4.1%) and Santa Catarina (3.5%). The main negative influences came from the Northeast Region (-2.3%) and Bahia (-5.0%). Among the sectors, the value of real payroll rose in 11 of the 18 places surveyed, with a highlight to mining and quarrying industries (8.2%), food and beverages (4.3%), paper and press (6.9%), machinery and equipment (2.7%), chemical products (3.7%), rubber and plastic (5.3%), electric-electronic and communication machinery and apparatus (3.4%) and means of transportation (0.8%). The main negative impacts were seen in basic metals (-3.8%), apparel (-5.1%) and textiles (-3.3%).

In the cumulative index in 2013, the value of the real payroll of industry advanced 1.6%, but decelerated compared to the result of the last quarter of 2012 (-7.5%), both comparisons against the same period a year ago. The rates were negative in 11 of the 14 places surveyed. The main positive contributions came from Rio de Janeiro (5.7%) and the North and Central-West Region (5.7%). Minas Gerais (1.7%), Rio Grande do Sul (2.0%), São Paulo (0.4%), Santa Catarina (2.6%) and Paraná (1.9%) also contributed positively. The main negative influences came from Bahia (-2.6%) and the Northeast Region (-0.8%). Among the sectors, the value of real payroll advanced in 11 of the 18 activities surveyed, pushed by the gains which came from food and beverages (4.6%), mining and quarrying industries (7.4%), chemical products (4.8%), rubber and plastic (6.0%), machinery and equipment (2.0%), paper and press (3.2%) and electric-electronic and communication machinery and apparatus (2.8%). The sectors of basic metals (-6.4%), transportation means (-1.9%) and apparel (-5.7%) exerted the most relevant negative influences over the national overall.

The annualized rate (cumulative index over the last 12 months), by growing 3.8% in February 2013, registered deceleration of growth versus December (4.4%) and January (4.1%).