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Formal employment in the sector — Paraíba, 2025

The sector held 19,357 formal jobs on Dec 31, 2025 and paid BRL 495.8 million in wages during the year.

19,357formal jobs

31/12/2025 · MTE/PDET — microdados da RAIS 2025 (RAIS_VINC_PUB_NORDESTE), recorte PB; processamento da equipe.

Cane agro-industry (excl. spirits):: 18,535
Sector total:: 19,357

Note

Jobs on Dec 31 follow the official MTE rule (excludes 772 abandoned contracts, all in cane farming). The RAIS dashboard shows 20,129 because it does not apply this exclusion. Annual payroll = sum of 12 monthly wages (nominal, excl. 13th salary). Average December pay ≈ 1.81 minimum wages (BRL 1,518 in 2025). Apprentices = contract type 55.

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Formal employment in the sector — Paraíba, 2025
Activity	Jobs on Dec 31	Job contracts in the year	Apprentices on Dec 31	Apprentices in the year	Avg. December pay (BRL)	Annual payroll (BRL million)
Sugarcane farming	5,421	9,513	95	153	2,182	98.0
Raw sugar manufacturing	5,421	8,047	211	373	2,902	141.8
Ethanol manufacturing	7,692	11,331	230	512	3,068	237.8
Refined sugar manufacturing	1	1	0	0	2,840	0.0
Cachaça and other spirits	822	1,119	12	25	2,026	18.1
Cane agro-industry (excl. spirits)	18,535	28,892	536	1,038	2,773	477.7
Sector total	19,357	30,011	548	1,063	2,741	495.8

Source

MTE/PDET — microdados da RAIS 2025 (RAIS_VINC_PUB_NORDESTE), recorte PB; processamento da equipe.

Formal employment in the sector — Paraíba, 2025

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