Average monthly earnings during each president's tenure
Every president since 1991, ranked by how average monthly earnings changed from their first day in office. Politare shows what happened during a tenure; it does not claim the office-holder caused it.
| # | President | In office | Total | Per year | Chart |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PT Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva | 1 Jan 2023 – now | +13.9% Dec 2022 → Aug 2026 | +3.6%/yr | |
| 2 | MDB Michel Temer | 31 Aug 2016 – 1 Jan 2019 | +4.5% Jul 2016 → Dec 2018 | +1.8%/yr | |
| 3 | PL Jair Bolsonaro | 1 Jan 2019 – 1 Jan 2023 | −1.0% Dec 2018 → Dec 2022 | −0.3%/yr |
Sorted by total, highest first. Every row is indexed to the last month complete before the first day in office ("from" marks a start that had to move because that period had no data, or because the period cut it); Levels are per cent changes, rates are differences in %; "per year" compounds levels and divides rates. Tenures with under 12 months, or under three observations, are left out. R$ per month, in today's money, usual earnings from all jobs · IBGE PNAD Contínua (SIDRA 6390), average real monthly earnings usually received from all jobs, rolling three months, deflated by IBGE to the latest month's prices · Brazil data · as of Sep 2026.