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Brazilian agribusiness wages and education levels rise
Brazil’s agribusiness workforce reached a record 28.28 million in the second quarter of this year.
The figure covers jobs across farm inputs, primary agricultural production, food processing and related services.
Average real monthly earnings rose 3.7% to R$2,972 compared with the same quarter last year.
Earnings rose for employees and employers, while people working for themselves saw a 3.1% decline.
The workforce is becoming more educated, with 4.94 million people having some or completed higher education, up 5.4% and equal to 17% of the total.
The share of workers with no education fell, though they still numbered 1.44 million.
More workers had formal contracts, reaching 9.88 million, while the number without them fell to 4.2 million.
Brazil’s agribusiness workforce reached a record 28.28 million people in the second quarter of 2026.
Average monthly real earnings in the sector rose 3.7% from a year earlier to R$2,972.
The sector’s total wage bill reached R$72 billion, up 2.5% from the second quarter of 2025.
The number of workers with complete or incomplete higher education rose 5.4% to 4.94 million.
The number of employed people without schooling fell 3.3% to 1.44 million.
- Who
- Workers, employers and self-employed people in Brazil’s agribusiness sector.
- What
- The sector’s wage bill and average real earnings rose, and the workforce’s education level increased.
- When
- In the second quarter of 2026, compared with the same quarter of 2025.
- Where
- Brazil.
- Why
- The sources do not state a single reason for the wage and education changes.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
The comparison period for the reported year-on-year wage, earnings and workforce figures.
Agribusiness employment reached 28.28 million and average real monthly earnings rose to R$2,972.
Folha published the report.
- Agribusiness wage bill
- R$72 billion in the second quarter of 2026, up 2.5% year on year
- Average monthly real earnings
- R$2,972, up 3.7%
- Agribusiness workforce
- 28.28 million, a record
- Workers with higher education
- 4.94 million, up 5.4%
- Workers without schooling
- 1.44 million, down 3.3%