The unemployment rate for the quarterly moving period ended May 2015 was estimated at 8.1% (Brazil), being above the rate of the equivalent quarter a year before (7.0%), and surpassing the figure in the quarter ended February 2015 (7.4%). The average usual real earning from all activities (R$ 1,863) remained stable versus that in the quarter ended February 2015 (R$ 1,877) and versus that in the same quarter a year before (R$ 1,870). The usual real wage bill of the employed population for the quarter ended May (R$ 166.1 billion) did not record any statistically significant change in either period of comparison. The complete Continuous PNAD publication is available here.

The Continuous PNAD indicators are obtained from data on quarterly moving periods, which means that data relative to the last three months are used in the survey. The rate for the quarter ended May 2015 was calculated according to information collected in March/2015, April/2015 and May/2015. The information used in the calculation of indicators for quarterly moving periods ended May and April, for instance, present a percentage of data repetition around 66%. Repetition only stops after a series of two moving quarters. Additional information on the methodology of this survey can be found here.