Pressured by high interest rates and a slowing economy, the creation of formal jobs fell in Brazil in 2025. Data released by the General Registry of Employed and Unemployed (Caged), under the Ministry of Labor and Employment, indicate that 1,279,498 formal jobs were created last year.

The indicator measures the difference between hires and layoffs. The balance is 23.73 percent lower than in 2024, when the country created 1,677,575 jobs. The data include adjustments, as the Ministry of Labor registers declarations submitted late by employers and corrects figures from previous months.

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In December alone, a month traditionally marked by layoffs, 618,164 jobs were eliminated, 11.29 percent more than in the same month of 2024. In December of the previous year, 555,430 jobs had been lost.

Sectors

Even with the drop in December, all five sectors surveyed created formal jobs in 2025.

• Services: 758,355 jobs;

• Commerce: 247,097;

• Industry (manufacturing, extraction, and other types): 144,319;

• Construction: 87,878;

• Agriculture: 41,870.