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In the first quarter, the average real income (all winnings received during the month) of all occupied jobs was estimated at R $ 1,840. – Stable number over the same period last year

According to the National Survey by Household Sampling (PNAD) Continuous, which replaces the traditional annual PNAD and the Monthly Employment Survey (PME), and now provides detailed data on the labor market by states and regions were above the National average the southeastern workers income (R $ 2,116), South (R $ 2,007) and Central West (R $ 2,090).

The lower yields were seen in Maranhão (R ​​$ 946) Piauí (R $ 1,122) and Ceará (R $ 1,137), and the largest in the Federal District (R $ 3,046), in São Paulo (R $ 2,401) and Roraima (R $ 2,146).

Unemployment
The unemployment rate was 7.9% in the first quarter of this year. In the fourth quarter 2014, unemployment stood at 6.5% and in the first three months of last year, at 7.2%.

Emquanto the Northeast had the highest unemployment rate in the country, 9, 6%, the South had the lowest, 5.1% in the period, below the national average. In the analysis by states, the two extremes were with the Rio Grande do Norte, where unemployment reached 11.5% and Santa Catarina, where the the rate reached 3.9%.

According to the IBGE, the unemployed population increased 23% over the previous quarter and 12.6% in the first three months of 2014 and reached 7.934 million people.

The Pnad pointed out significant differences in unemployment rate between men and women. In the first quarter, the rate was 6.6% for men and 9.6% for women.