The pandemic encouraged adherence to the home office regime in companies across the country. But, the trend remained strong also after this period. Employee labor income has grown year by year, according to a survey by economist Bruno Imaizumi from LCA Consultores, based on IBGE microdata (Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics).
Recent information shows that since the beginning of the pandemic, income has risen 53,6%. At the moment, there are already more than 6 millions of people working remotely in the country. The last semester of 2022 totaled 6,53 millions of professionals working from home. This is an increase of more than 75% of 2018 here, time before the pandemic.
The data also means R$ 3.009,88 average income by occupation. This value would be the second highest ever recorded since 2018, period in which IBGE began publishing figures on the home office regime.
Qualified professionals
Until then, the highest average income continues to be R$ 3.052,45, registered in the 2nd semester of 2021, height of the pandemic. From this moment, the numbers obtained always remained higher when compared to workers in other types of work.
In this last survey, consultancy can highlight growth in 4% compared to the same quarter last year. Although, labor income since the third quarter of 2018 it's already 66%. Economist Imaizumi believes that this trend qualifies teams even more and therefore should continue to increase.
The profile of remote working employees includes those with higher levels of education. Although, a study by FGV (Getúlio Vargas Foundation) showed that, at the beginning, just 1 in each 5 employees were able to work under this regime.
“Post-pandemic has changed the profile of people who work remotely. It is associated, above all, to more qualified people and, consequently, better paid, especially in activities where physical presence is not required, as in areas of technology, financial activities, information and communication”, diz Imaizumi.
R$ 19 billions of real income
When it comes to the sum of income from all work occupations, the highest value of the last four years can be recorded: R$ 19,6 billion. This represents 192% more than the same quarter of 2018, com R$ 6,7 billion and 4,3% more than last year. Em 2021, real income had already reached the R$ mark 18,8 billion.
