Paulo Machado and Kátia Sartório
Reporters Agência Brasil

Brasília – The Sesi survey of the formal job market found that more women now have jobs in the formal job market.

"We found that 40% of the jobs on the formal job market are held by women. We also found that women have more education than men, even when they make less," says Paula Montanher, at the Ministry of Labor.

Montanher also points out that the best jobs remain concentrated in São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais and Espirito Santo where almost 62% of workers earn up to three minimum wages. For the sake of comparison, in the Northeast many more people make only one minimum wage.

Translator: Allen Bennett