More than 90% of professions have lower purchasing power in 2022, points out CNC

Due to the rise in prices, Brazilian workers are losing purchasing power over the last 12 months. This is the finding of a survey carried out by the National Confederation of Trade in Goods, Services and Tourism (CNC).

According to the survey, 91% of the professions in the country had a lower readjustment than inflation and, consequently, a drop in the average monthly remuneration.

In practice, the survey indicates that 128 of the 140 main Brazilian professions registered a salary drop in the last year.

The CNC study was based on official data from the General Registry of Employed and Unemployed (Caged) of the Ministry of Labor. And, on top of the numbers obtained, he discounted the inflation of the last 12 months, which reached 11.9%, according to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE).

Bus drivers, bricklayers, waiters and physical therapists were the ones who had the biggest drop in purchasing power during the analyzed period. They added up losses ranging from 14% to 19% in the last year, according to the survey.

Already at the top of the ranking, only 12 professions in Brazil registered a salary gain in the last year, according to CNC data. Proportionally, only 9% of occupations in the country.

First come the clinical physicians, whose average salary indicates a rise of more than 35%. In absolute values, the monthly income of these professionals is R$ 10.8 thousand.

In subsequent positions, areas related to the service sector appear, due to the strong recovery after the relaxation of restrictive measures against Covid-19. Among them are the operational controllers of industries, commercial managers and systems development analysts. The rise in these professions was 8%, 3% and 1%, respectively.

Source: CNN Brasil

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