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Survey shows that the sector gathered 191 thousand companies, employed 2.5 million people, and had a strong weight of infrastructure works, while average salaries ranged from 1.8 to 2.6 minimum wages and the Southeast concentrated half of the jobs.
The Construction Industry moved R$ 522.5 billion in incorporations, works, and services in 2024, gathering 191 thousand companies, 2.5 million workers, and R$ 95.6 billion paid in salaries in the country.
Infrastructure leads value generated by the Construction Industry
The greatest economic weight came from Infrastructure Works, responsible for R$ 200.9 billion, or 38.4% of the total. Building Construction was close, with R$ 198.9 billion and a 38.1% share.
Specialized construction services completed the sectoral division, with R$ 122.8 billion, equivalent to 23.5% of the value generated. The balance between infrastructure and buildings marked the composition of activity in 2024.
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The demand from the public sector accounted for 33.0% of the total generated by the construction industry. In Infrastructure Works, this participation was even greater, reaching 48.2% of the amount spent.
The research manager, Marcelo Miranda, highlighted the weight of infrastructure works in the national scenario. He also emphasized the relevance of the public sector, which accounts for almost half of the infrastructure works in the country.
Buildings employ more, but infrastructure pays better
Although Building Construction ranked second in value generated, the segment concentrated the largest share of employed personnel. In 2024, it gathered 35.7% of the workers in construction companies.
Specialized construction services employed 34.4% of the total, while Infrastructure Works accounted for 29.9%. The distribution shows a relatively close division among the three segments of activity.
The average monthly remuneration in the Construction Industry ranged from 1.8 to 2.6 minimum wages. On average, each company had 13 occupied people and paid 2.1 minimum wages per month.
Infrastructure Works showed a larger average size, with 39 employees per company, in addition to the highest remuneration, of 2.6 minimum wages. Building Construction recorded 13 people per company and 1.9 minimum wage.
Specialized construction services had an average of 8 employees per company and a remuneration of 1.8 minimum wages. In the cost structure, personnel expenses were the largest component of the expenses.
This item accounted for 30.7% of the total in 2024. Next came intermediate consumption, excluding construction materials and contracted services, with 22.5%, and consumption of construction materials, with 22.3%.
Highways and residential works appear among the main products
PAIC organized construction products and services into seven groups. The main one was the construction of highways, railways, urban works, and special art works, with 22.8% of the total value.
Next came residential works, with 22.2%, and specialized construction services, with 19.2%. Marcelo Miranda explained that these services include auxiliary activities, such as painting, cabling, and plumbing in incorporations and large works.
Southeast concentrates half of the sector’s jobs
The Southeast Region concentrated 50.0% of the employed personnel and 49.4% of the total value generated by the construction industry. The Northeast ranked second in value, with 17.9%.
Next came the South, with 17.0%, the Midwest, with 9.1%, and the North, with 6.5%. In employment, the Southeast was followed by the Northeast, South, Midwest, and North.
The research also underwent methodological changes. The replacement of RAIS by eSocial impacted the sample design and led to the start of a new series in structural economic surveys.
In 2024, there was a definitive break in the historical series with the introduction of a new indicator based on administrative records from the Federal Revenue. The data is available on the panel and on Sidra.
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