Acre maintains a positive balance in job creation in May, but the pace of hiring slows down Canva Acre slowed down the pace of job creation, but maintained a positive balance in May. Data from the General Register of Employed and Unemployed Persons (Caged), released last Tuesday (30) by the Ministry of Labor and Employment (MTE), show that the state opened 848 jobs with a formal contract in the period. The result is the result of 4,780 admissions and 3,932 dismissals, a difference of 848 vacancies. Despite remaining positive, the balance was below that recorded in the previous two months, when the state created 1,066 formal jobs in March and 1,002 in April. ? Join the g1 AC channel on WhatsApp With May's performance, the state recorded 111,284 active formal relationships, according to the survey. The services sector was mainly responsible for generating jobs in the state. In total, there were 2,288 admissions and 1,819 dismissals, which resulted in a positive balance of 469 vacancies, more than half of all jobs created in May. The weight of the ballot boxes in approving the end of the 6x1 scale Subsequently, the other sectors closed the month with the following balances: Construction: balance of 141 vacancies, with 532 admissions and 391 dismissals; Commerce: balance of 94 jobs, after 1,373 admissions and 1,279 dismissals; Industry: balance of 92 vacancies, resulting from 373 admissions and 281 dismissals; Agriculture: balance of 55 jobs, with 214 hires and 159 dismissals. In comparison with April, the services sector continued to lead the creation of jobs, but lost strength by going from 798 to 469 formal jobs. Civil construction also showed a slight decline, and reduced the balance from 160 to 141 vacancies. READ MORE: Acre has the second consecutive month with a balance of more than a thousand job openings in April Acre returns to generating jobs after 4 months of decline and opens 276 formal vacancies in February, says Caged Brasil creates 73 thousand formal jobs in May; with a sharp drop of 52% compared to the same month in 2025. On the other hand, the industry recovered. After closing April with a negative balance of 40 jobs, the sector returned to hiring more than it fired and ended May with 92 positive vacancies. Commerce also increased its performance, increasing from 63 to 94 jobs, while agriculture increased its balance from 21 to 55 jobs. See below the evolution of the balance of vacancies in the state throughout the year: Furthermore, men accounted for the majority of admissions registered in the state in May. There were 2,777 hires and 2,300 dismissals, which resulted in a positive balance of 477 jobs. Among women, Caged recorded 2,003 admissions and 1,632 dismissals, and ended the month with a positive balance of 371 formal vacancies. Capital concentrates number of vacancies created Rio Branco was the municipality that contributed most to Acre's positive balance in May. The capital recorded 3,438 admissions and 2,681 dismissals, ending the month with a balance of 757 jobs, equivalent to around 89% of all formal vacancies created in the state. The second best performance was that of Sena Madureira, with 121 vacancies, followed by Brasiléia (29), Xapuri (28) and Jordão (23). On the other hand, 13 municipalities recorded more dismissals than admissions. The worst result was that of Feijó, who ended the month with a negative balance of 41 vacancies, followed by Senador Guiomard (-31) and Tarauacá (-17). Epitaciolândia (-9), Plácido de Castro (-9), Bujari (-8), Mâncio Lima (-7), Cruzeiro do Sul (-4), Porto Acre (-3), Rodrigues Alves (-3), Manoel Urbano (-2), Porto Walter (-1) and Santa Rosa do Purus (-1) also had a negative balance. Brazil The Brazilian economy generated 73 thousand formal jobs in May this year. In total, according to the federal government, the following were registered in May: ??2.2 million hires; ??2.13 million layoffs. ? The result represents a decline of 52.3% compared to May 2025 — when around 153.1 thousand formal jobs were created. ?? This was also the worst result for May since 2020, that is, in six years. Caged x Pnad Data from the General Register of Employed and Unemployed Persons consider workers with a formal contract, that is, they do not include informal workers. As a result, the results are not comparable with the unemployment figures released by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), collected through the National Household Sample Survey Continua (Pnad). According to official data, the unemployment rate in Brazil was 5.6% in the quarter ended in May. According to IBGE, this was the lowest rate in the historical series for this period. VIDEOS: g1