Work and Salaries

Data sources

Each page shows its source and verification date. These are the main sources used:

  • Central Bank of Brazil (SGS series, open data)
  • European Central Bank (reference exchange rates)
  • INSS (official 2026 benefit payment table, Brazil)
  • Ministry of Social Security and Finance (Ordinance No. 13/2026, Brazil)
  • Federal Revenue (2026 personal income tax table, Brazil)
  • Codefat / Agência Brasil (PIS/Pasep wage bonus calendar)
  • Portuguese Tax Authority (Despacho No. 233-A/2026)
  • Diário da República, Portugal (minimum wage)
  • BOE, Spain (Royal Decree 126/2026, minimum wage)
  • BrasilAPI (national holidays)
  • Ministry of Labour and Employment, Brazil — Novo CAGED microdata on hirings and dismissals (PDET): federal public data, released without identifying workers; official acts are not covered by copyright (Law 9,610/1998, art. 8, IV)
  • Ministry of Labour and Employment, Brazil — Brazilian Classification of Occupations (CBO 2002, Ordinance 397/2002): federal public data under the same rule
  • Presidency of the Republic (Planalto) and the Official Gazette of Brazil (DOU) — laws, decrees and ordinances: the text of an official act is not covered by copyright (Law 9,610/1998, art. 8, IV)
  • Querido Diário, by Open Knowledge Brasil — open API over Brazilian municipal official gazettes: the collected content consists of official acts, not covered by copyright; used with attribution
  • Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado (BOE), Spain — section II.B “Oposiciones y concursos”: BOE reuse conditions (Resolution of 27/06/2024), commercial use allowed with attribution
  • Gazzetta Ufficiale della Repubblica Italiana — 4th Special Series “Concorsi ed Esami”: official acts of the State, outside copyright protection (art. 5 of Italian Law 633/1941); no open data licence declared
  • ONS (Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings), NHS Employers (Agenda for Change) and the Home Office (Police Regulations), United Kingdom: Open Government Licence v3.0, with the attribution the licence requires
  • Job Bank/ESDC and Statistics Canada (table 11-10-0240), Canada: Open Government Licence – Canada; Royal Canadian Mounted Police: Crown copyright, commercial reproduction permitted with attribution
  • U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS): U.S. government work, public domain (17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Eurostat (free reuse, commercial and non-commercial, provided the source is acknowledged), INE Spain (reuse allowed with attribution) and Tarifgemeinschaft deutscher Länder — official TV-L pay annexes (figures as statements of fact, with attribution)