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      Public school teachers' salaries are 6% higher.

      According to data from the National Household Sample Survey (PNAD) by IBGE (Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics), from 2002 to 2013, while the average income for a 40-hour work week grew by 20% in the public sector, it fell by 4% in the private sector; the national minimum wage for teachers and variations below inflation in the private sector explain the change in pattern, according to experts. 

      According to data from the National Household Sample Survey (PNAD) by IBGE, from 2002 to 2013, while the average income for a 40-hour work week grew by 20% in the public sector, in the private sector there was a 4% decrease; the national minimum wage for teachers and variations below inflation in the private sector explain the change in pattern, according to experts (Photo: Roberta Namour).

      247 On average, public school teachers earn up to 6% more than private sector teachers in elementary and high schools in Brazil.

      According to data from the National Household Sample Survey (PNAD) by IBGE, collected by Globo, from 2002 to 2013, while the average income for a 40-hour work week grew by 20% in the public sector, in the private sector there was a 4% decrease.

      According to Eduardo Deschamps, president of Consed (National Council of Education Secretaries), one of the factors that contributed to public sector salaries surpassing those of the private sector was the National Minimum Wage Law for Teachers, approved in 2008. "While private sector salaries are normally adjusted by the INPC (National Consumer Price Index), the minimum wage varied by around 78% between 2011 and 2014, while inflation was less than half that percentage."