The legally guaranteed minimum wage in Brazil was ***** Brazilian reals per month in 2025. This is more than double the minimum monthly wage in 2010 and an increase of *** Brazilian reals from the previous year.

Minimum Wages in Brazil remained unchanged at 1518 BRL/Month in August. This dataset provides - Brazil Minimum Wages - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Brazil Necessary Minimum Wage data was reported at 7,229.320 BRL in Feb 2025. This records an increase from the previous number of 7,156.150 BRL for Jan 2025. Brazil Necessary Minimum Wage data is updated monthly, averaging 2,069.085 BRL from Jul 1994 (Median) to Feb 2025, with 368 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 7,229.320 BRL in Feb 2025 and a record low of 590.330 BRL in Jul 1994. Brazil Necessary Minimum Wage data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Trade Union Statistical Department. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Brazil – Table BR.GBD008: Nominal and Necessary Minimum Wage.

The ratio of basic food expenditures to the minimum wage in Brazil was 37.1 percent in January 2024. By comparison, the ratio was 0.7 percentage points higher a year earlier.

Brazil Nominal Minimun Wage data was reported at 1,518.000 BRL in May 2025. This stayed constant from the previous number of 1,518.000 BRL for Apr 2025. Brazil Nominal Minimun Wage data is updated monthly, averaging 465.000 BRL from Jul 1994 (Median) to May 2025, with 371 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1,518.000 BRL in May 2025 and a record low of 64.790 BRL in Aug 1994. Brazil Nominal Minimun Wage data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Trade Union Statistical Department. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Brazil – Table BR.GBD008: Nominal and Necessary Minimum Wage.

In 2024, it was possible to buy almost ** kilograms of picanha with the minimum wage in Brazil. Both the highest and lowest purchasing capacity occurred during Bolsonaro's presidency, where in 2019 it was possible to buy ** kilograms, while in 2021 it was only possible to buy **** kilograms.

In 2024, domestic workers in Brazil earned an average of 1,241 Brazilian reals per month, an increase from 1,193 a year earlier. The real monthly income of domestic workers in this South American country has remained above 1,000 reals since 2013.

Wages in Brazil decreased to 3484 BRL/Month in July from 3486 BRL/Month in June of 2025. This dataset provides - Brazil Average Wages - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Brazil Fear of Unemployment Index: by Family Income: Until 1 Minimum Wage data was reported at 72.800 Point in Jun 2019. This records an increase from the previous number of 68.050 Point for Mar 2019. Brazil Fear of Unemployment Index: by Family Income: Until 1 Minimum Wage data is updated quarterly, averaging 43.825 Point from Mar 2010 (Median) to Jun 2019, with 38 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 77.400 Point in Jun 2018 and a record low of 29.450 Point in Dec 2014. Brazil Fear of Unemployment Index: by Family Income: Until 1 Minimum Wage data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by National Confederation of Industry. The data is categorized under Brazil Premium Database’s Business and Economic Survey – Table BR.SK006: Fear of Unemployment: by Family Income.

Abstract In recent years the Brazilian minimum wage (MW) has gone through an intense process of growth. Different authors have argued that an important part of the improvement in income distribution can be attributed to the increase in the MW in the recent past. Using income elasticities with respect to MW, this paper seeks to estimate the effects of current MW adjustment policy on improving income distribution. The results of simulations show that MW contributed greatly in recent years through the labor market as well as through pensions and other official transfers.

Graph and download economic data for Labor Compensation: Earnings: All Activities: Monthly for Brazil (LCEATT03BRQ189N) from Q2 2012 to Q3 2023 about Brazil, compensation, and earnings.

Brazil Consumer Debt and Default Survey: Percentage of Total Households: Up to 10 Minimum Wage: Indebted Household data was reported at 69.013 % in Sep 2020. This records a decrease from the previous number of 69.535 % for Aug 2020. Brazil Consumer Debt and Default Survey: Percentage of Total Households: Up to 10 Minimum Wage: Indebted Household data is updated monthly, averaging 62.717 % from Jan 2010 (Median) to Sep 2020, with 129 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 69.535 % in Aug 2020 and a record low of 55.255 % in Jun 2010. Brazil Consumer Debt and Default Survey: Percentage of Total Households: Up to 10 Minimum Wage: Indebted Household data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by National Confederation of Commerce of Goods, Services and Tourism. The data is categorized under Brazil Premium Database’s Domestic Trade and Household Survey – Table BR.HG001: Consumer Debt and Default Survey.

In 2023, 59 percent of business owners in Brazil who reported earning at most the equivalent of two minimum wages were black. Meanwhile, 72 percent of those who reported earning five or more minimum wages were white. In 2023, the minimum wage in Brazil was 1,302 Brazilian reals.

Brazil National Consumer Confidence Index: Less than 1 Minimum Wage data was reported at 43.500 Point in Jun 2019. This records a decrease from the previous number of 45.600 Point for Mar 2019. Brazil National Consumer Confidence Index: Less than 1 Minimum Wage data is updated quarterly, averaging 45.450 Point from Mar 2009 (Median) to Jun 2019, with 42 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 51.400 Point in Sep 2010 and a record low of 37.500 Point in Jun 2018. Brazil National Consumer Confidence Index: Less than 1 Minimum Wage data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by National Confederation of Industry. The data is categorized under Brazil Premium Database’s Business and Economic Survey – Table BR.SJ004: National Consumer Confidence Index: by Family Income. Diffusion Index. Values above 50 points indicate confident consumers, while values below 50 points indicate lack of confidence Exceptionally the first result of 2019 refers to the month of April / 2019 instead of March/2019.

Costa Rica is the country with the highest minimum monthly wage in Latin America. According to the minimum salary established by law as of January 2025, workers in the Central American country enjoy a basic monthly wage of over 726 U.S. dollars, an increase of 2.37 percent compared to the previous year. They also earn over 200 U.S. dollars more than the second place, Uruguay. On the other side of the spectrum is Venezuela, where employees are only guaranteed by law a minimum salary of 130 bolívares or little more than 2.50 dollars per month. Can Latin Americans survive on a minimum wage? Even if most countries in Latin America have instated laws to guarantee citizens a basic income, these minimum standards are often not enough to meet household needs. For instance, it was estimated that almost 25 million people in Mexico lacked basic housing services. Salary levels also vary greatly among Latin American economies. In 2020, the average net monthly salary in Mexico was barely higher than Chile's minimum wage in 2021. What can a minimum wage afford in Latin America? Latin American real wages have generally risen in the past decade. However, consumers in this region still struggle to afford non-basic goods, such as tech products. Recent estimates reveal that, in order to buy an iPhone, Brazilian residents would have to work at least two months to be able to pay for it. A gaming console, on the other hand, could easily cost a Latin American worker several minimum wages.

Brazil Consumer Debt and Default Survey: Percentage of Total Households: More than 10 Minimum Wage: Household With Delayed Account data was reported at 11.686 % in Sep 2020. This records an increase from the previous number of 11.490 % for Aug 2020. Brazil Consumer Debt and Default Survey: Percentage of Total Households: More than 10 Minimum Wage: Household With Delayed Account data is updated monthly, averaging 11.197 % from Jan 2010 (Median) to Sep 2020, with 129 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 20.353 % in Jan 2010 and a record low of 8.562 % in Feb 2015. Brazil Consumer Debt and Default Survey: Percentage of Total Households: More than 10 Minimum Wage: Household With Delayed Account data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by National Confederation of Commerce of Goods, Services and Tourism. The data is categorized under Brazil Premium Database’s Domestic Trade and Household Survey – Table BR.HG001: Consumer Debt and Default Survey.

Abstract This paper studies potential explanations of the declining wage inequality in Brazil such as changes in demographic/skill composition, wage structure, occupations/sectors and minimum wage. I perform a wage inequality decomposition to quantify composition and price effects and use a CES production function to estimate the effects of the skill supply on relative wages. I find that the fall in upper-tail inequality is driven by changes in the returns to education and experience, while that in lower-tail inequality is also given by those to minimum wage and female workers. These patterns are consistent with the decline in relative wages between skill groups which are given by the increase in both the supply of skills and the real minimum wage.

Brazil Consumer Debt and Default Survey: Portion of Income Committed To Debt (Percentage of Indebted): More than 10 Minimum Wage: From 11to 50 Percentage data was reported at 51.053 % in Sep 2020. This records a decrease from the previous number of 51.686 % for Aug 2020. Brazil Consumer Debt and Default Survey: Portion of Income Committed To Debt (Percentage of Indebted): More than 10 Minimum Wage: From 11to 50 Percentage data is updated monthly, averaging 54.837 % from Jan 2010 (Median) to Sep 2020, with 129 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 66.373 % in Jan 2010 and a record low of 48.449 % in Mar 2012. Brazil Consumer Debt and Default Survey: Portion of Income Committed To Debt (Percentage of Indebted): More than 10 Minimum Wage: From 11to 50 Percentage data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by National Confederation of Commerce of Goods, Services and Tourism. The data is categorized under Brazil Premium Database’s Domestic Trade and Household Survey – Table BR.HG008: Consumer Debt and Default Survey: Portion of Income Committed to Debt.

This is the replication package for the paper Declining Wage Inequality in Developing Countries: The Case of Brazil. It includes data and codes necessary for replication.Paper abstract: Despite rising inequality in rich countries, many developing economies have experienced a decline in inequality in recent decades. Brazil is a notable example. From 1995 to 2015, its Gini index decreased from 58 to 48 points. An extensive body of research has investigated a diverse set of explanations for this reduction. This article reviews this literature, using Brazil as a privileged case study to understand the broader phenomenon of inequality decline in many parts of the developing world. We present stylized facts about inequality during this period, focusing on the results of decomposition methods. We then examine research that employs quasi-experiments and structural models to assess mechanisms related to labor supply and demand, trade, technological changes, and institutional factors such as the minimum wage and race and gender discrimination. We end by discussing some unanswered questions.

The disposition to pay more for environmentally friendly products is highly related to the consumer's salary, according to a survey carried out in Brazil in 2019. For instance, ** percent of Brazilian respondents who earned more than five minimum wages that year reported to be willing to purchase an eco-friendly product that was more expensive than the regular one. On the contrary, only ** percent of respondents in the Latin American country who earned up to one minimum wage were ready to do the same. That year, that same group of respondents registered the highest share of consumers who do not buy environmentally friendly products regardless of the price, with ** percent. Only ** percent of Brazilians surveyed earning more than five minimum wages shared the same consumption habit.