Between September and October, industrial employment showed stability (0.0%), already discounted seasonal effects, after having been practically stable in the previous two months (0.1% in August and -1% in September). That is what the Monthly Survey of Industrial Employment and Wages (PIMES) shows. In comparison to October 2009, there was a 4.2% expansion, the ninth consecutive positive rate in this kind of comparison. The indicator accumulated in the year amounted 3.4%. The accumulated in the last 12 accumulated increased 2.3%, the highest result since November 2008 (2.5%), and kept the upward trend initiated in December 2009. The number of hours paid decreased 0.8% against September, month that had already recorded fall (-0.4%). In comparisons with the same periods of 2009, rises were 4.0% in the monthly index and 4.2% in the accumulated of the 10 first months of the year. The real payroll of workers increased 0.4% in relation to the previous month, whereas, in relation to the same periods of 2009, there was growth of 10.1% in the monthly rate and 6.8% in the accumulated in the year.

Industrial employment has the third consecutive month of stability

The quarterly moving average index of industrial employment, due to three months of stability, recorded no growth (0.0%) between September and October, after 14 months of positive rates, when it accumulated an expansion of 5.5%. Since April this indicator has shown growth reduction (0.6% in April, 0.5% in May, 0.4% in June and July, 0.3% in August and 0.1% in September).

In comparison with October 2009, industrial employment increased in all the 14 investigated areas, with highlights being São Paulo (3.4%), the Northeast region (4.9%), Rio Grande do Sul (5.5%) and Minas Gerais (4.5%). The main positive influences of industry in São Paulo came from means of transportation (9.0%), rubber and plastic (12.6%) and machinery and equipment (7.9%). In the northeastern industry, footwear and leather articles (8.0%), food and beverages (2.6%) and apparel (7.2%); in Rio Grande do Sul, machinery and equipment (19.1%), means of transportation (18.1%) and footwear and leather articles (4.8%); in Minas Gerais, metal products (24.5%) and means of transportation (16.2%).

Still in comparison with the same month of 2009, 13 of the 18 activities recorded rise, with highlights being machinery and equipment (10.7%), means of transportation (9.7%), metal products (10.2%), rubber and plastic (10.6%) and electronic and communication machines and appliances (8.2%) Paper and printing (-5.5%), apparel (2.8%) and petroleum refining and alcohol production (-6.6%) exerted the main negative impacts.

In the accumulated of 2010, industrial employment recorded a generalized growth profile, reaching all places investigated and 14 of the 18 activities. In the analysis by area, the highlights were São Paulo (2.9%), the Northeast region (5.2%), the North and Central West regions (4.5%), Rio Grande do Sul (4.1%), Rio de Janeiro (5.5%) and Santa Catarina (3.4%). In the analysis by sector, machinery and equipment (7.0%), metal products (6.5%), means of transportation (5.3%), footwear and leather articles (6.7%), electronic and communication machines and appliances (6.8%), food and beverages (1.7%) and rubber and plastic (6.0%) exerted the main positive pressures, whereas wood (-6.2%) and apparel (-2.1%) exerted the main negative pressures to the overall average.

Number of hours paid recorded the highest rate of the time series in the accumulated in 12 months

The quarterly moving average of the number of hours paid recorded a negative variation (-0.1%) in October, interrupting 14 consecutive months of growth, during which it accumulated a gain of 6.4%. In comparison with October 2009, there was growth of 4.0%, the ninth consecutive positive rate in this kind of comparison; in the accumulated in 2010, an increase of 4.2%. The accumulated in the last 12 months changed from 2.2% in September to 3.1% in October, reaching the highest rate of the time series and keeping the upward trend initiated in November 2009.

Still in the comparison with October 2009, all the 14 investigated places recorded growth; the highlights were São Paulo (3.0%), the Northeast region (4.2%), the North and Central West regions (5.1%), Minas Gerais (4.2%) and Rio Grande do Sul (4.6%). In industry in São Paulo, the main positive influences came from means of transportation (7.9%), machinery and equipment (8.0%) and textiles (13.2%). In the Northeast, where expansion occurred in 11 of the 18 investigated sectors, the main contributions came from food products and beverages (2.9%), footwear and leather (6.6%) and apparel (7.0%). In the northeast and Central West regions, non-metallic minerals (31.5%) and metal products (29.9%); in Minas Gerais, metal products (24.7%) and means of transportation (11.7%); in Rio Grande do Sul, machinery and equipment (20.2%), and means of transportation (19.6%).

There was also expansion in 13 of the 18 surveyed sectors, with highlights being machinery and equipment (11.6%), metal products (12.1%), means of transportation (8.6%), basic metallurgy (15.0%), food and beverages (2.0%) and non-metallic minerals (7.8%). Apparel (-4.1%), paper and printing (-5.3%), and petroleum refining and alcohol production (-8.5%) exerted the main negative influences on the number of hours paid.

In the comparison January-October 2010 against the same period of 2009, growth had a generalized profile, reaching 14 sectors and all the surveyed places. The branches that most influenced the overall rate were machinery and equipment (9.2%), means of transportation (8.7%), food and beverages (2.9%), metal products (7.4%), electronic and communication machines and appliances (7.1%) and basic metallurgy (11.5%). On the other hand, apparel (-2.1%), wood (-5.8%), petroleum refining and alcohol production (-4.3%) and tobacco (-4.3%) exerted the main negative impacts. Among the areas, São Paulo (4.2%), the Northeast region (4.9%), the North and Central West regions (5.0%), Rio Grande do Sul (4.4%), Rio de Janeiro (7.0%) and Minas Gerais (2.6%) made the most relevant contributions to national total.

In comparison with October 2009, the real payroll did not increase in the tobacco industry only

In October, the quarterly moving average of the value of real payroll decreased 0.5%, interrupting an upward trend initiated in December 2009, when it grew 9.9%. In the comparisons with the same periods of 2009, there was 10.1% increase in the monthly index, the tenth consecutive positive rate; and 6.8% increase in the accumulated in 10 months. The accumulated of the last 12 months, on an upward trend initiated in December 2009, increased 1.2 percentage point between the months of September (3.6%) and October (4.8%), recording the highest result since February 2009 (5.2%).

In comparison with October 2009, the value of real payroll increased in all the 14 surveyed places, with highlights being São Paulo (8.5%), influenced by means of transportation (13.7%), paper and printing (13.4%), and food and beverages (5.9%); Minas Gerais (12.1%), by means of transportation (32.0%), metal products (45.1%), machinery and equipment (22.8%) and mining and quarrying industry (14.8%); the Northeast region (11.0%), by food and beverages (11.4%), means of transportation (55.2%) and footwear and leather (11.5%); Rio Grande do Sul (12.0%), by machinery and equipment (25.6%), means of transportation (22.7%) and footwear and leather (10.0%); and Rio de Janeiro (12.3%), by extractive sectors (16.7%), chemical products (23.2%) and means of transportation (15.0%).

Still in the same comparison, there was growth in 17 of the 18 investigated activities, and the most relevant impacts came from means of transportation (16.5%), machinery and equipment (10.8%), food and beverages (6.4%), metal products (15.8%), and electronic and communication machines and appliances (11.8%) The only one to make a negative contribution was tobacco (-4.0%).

In the accumulated of 2010 against the same period of 2009, the increase was 6.8%, reaching all places and 16 of the 18 investigated sectors. São Paulo (5.3%) exerted the main influence on the overall rate, followed by Rio de Janeiro (9.7%), Rio Grande do Sul (8.8%), Paraná (9.3%) and the North and Central West regions (9,0%). In these places, the highest increases in salary volume occurred, respectively, in electronic and communication machines and appliances (13.1%) and means of transportation (3.9%); means of transportation (19.1%), basic metallurgy (25.2%) and mining and quarrying industry (6.0%); machinery and equipment (16.3%) and means of transportation (15.6%); means of transportation (17.1%) and machinery and equipment (18.7%); and food and beverages (6.5%), non-metallic minerals (31.2%) and mining and quarrying industry (16.4%).

In the analysis by sector, the positive highlights still came from means of transportation (7.9%), food and beverages (5.7%), machinery and equipment (7.9%), electronic and communication machines and appliances (11.3%), chemical products (5.7%), metal products (7.2%) and rubber and plastic (8.5%). On the other hand, wood (-2.8%) and tobacco (-0.2%) were the responsible for negative impacts.