Bahia registers more than 25 thousand new job openings in the year, points out Caged

Bahia generated 12,482 formal jobs in March, according to the General Register of Employed and Unemployed Persons (Caged). The balance arises from the difference between 86,774 admissions and 74,292 dismissals. According to the Superintendency of Economic and Social Studies of Bahia (SEI), which systematizes data from the Ministry of Labor and Employment, this is the third month in a row with a positive balance.

In Bahia, the March balance was higher than both that of February (+9,433 jobs) and that of the same month last year (+9,408 jobs). Furthermore, the result for March proved to be the best of the year so far in the state. With the balance of March, Bahia now has 2,077,441 active CLT contracts, a variation of 0.60% on the number of the immediately previous month.

The municipality of Salvador, when recording a balance of 3,595 CLT jobs, recorded 653,662 jobs, indicating an increase of 0.55% over the number of jobs existing in February.

In Bahia, in March, all five major groups of economic activities recorded a positive balance of CLT jobs. The Services segment (+8,155 vacancies) was the one that generated the most jobs among the sectors.

Next, General industry (+1,580 jobs), Agriculture, livestock, forestry production, fishing and aquaculture (+1,475 jobs), Commerce; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles (+950 jobs) and Construction (+323 jobs) were also responsible for the generation.

BRAZIL

In the month, Brazil recorded a balance of 244,315 vacancies, while the Northeast registered 16,037 new positions – representing relative variations of 0.53% and 0.21% compared to the previous month’s stock, respectively. Bahia (+0.60%), therefore, from February to March, showed a relative increase in the stock of bonds greater than that of the country and that of the northeastern region.

Of the 27 federative units in the national territory, 25 of them showed growth in CLT employment in March this year. The states of Alagoas (-9,589 jobs) and Sergipe (-1,875 jobs), in this case, were those with a negative balance in the country in the month. Bahia, with 12,482 new jobs, had the seventh highest balance in the country. In relative terms, with a percentage change of 0.60%, it ranked 11th.

In the Northeast, in March, seven of the nine states experienced an increase in formal employment. In absolute terms, Bahia (+12,482 jobs) ranked first in job creation among northeastern units in the month. In relative terms, on the other hand, the state of Bahia (+0.60%) ranked second in the northeastern territory.

In the Northeast Region, with regard to the generation of jobs, Bahia (+12,482 jobs) was followed by the states of Ceará (+6,185 jobs), Piauí (+3,015 CLT jobs), Maranhão (+2,777 jobs), Rio Grande do Norte (+1,415 jobs), Pernambuco (+1,364 jobs) and Paraíba (+263 jobs). The federative units of Alagoas (-9,589 jobs) and Sergipe (-1,875 jobs), on the other hand, closed CLT positions.