Services account for 9 in every 10 vacancies open in Campinas and economist sees structural change in the job market

The services sector generated 1,041 of the 1,163 formal job vacancies opened in Campinas in September 2026. The segment accounted for 89.4% of the total balance.

Commerce closed 112 posts in the month. According to economist Eliane Rosandiski, the sector is suffering from the digitalization of sales and the expansion of e-commerce.

Administrative activities led services with 618 new jobs. The transport, storage and mail sector generated another 196 vacancies in September.

The overall balance is positive, but the salaries of those hired are lower. According to Eliane, "this information about salary and type of employment contract is the worst."

The regional industry continues to hire in the automotive, pharmaceutical and chemical sectors. This activity helps keep the market for support and specialized services warm.

The services sector accounted for almost nine out of every ten formal job openings opened in Campinas (SP) in September 2026. And the scenario reflects, according to economist Eliane Navarro Rosandiski, a structural transformation in the job market.

Data from the General Register of Employed and Unemployed Persons (Caged) show that the segment was responsible for 1,041 of the 1,163 formal jobs created in the municipality in the period, equivalent to 89.4% of the total balance.

Civil construction ended the month with a positive balance of 154 jobs, while industry registered 87 jobs. Commerce (-112) and agriculture (-7) closed vacancies in the period.

According to the professor at PUC-Campinas, one of the points of attention is precisely in commerce, which has accumulated vacancies.

For Eliane, the sector has suffered the effects of the digitalization of sales, the expansion of e-commerce and the growth of self-service, a movement that appears to be permanent.

In this scenario, this movement reduces the need for workers in physical stores, but increases the demand for logistics operations, distribution centers and delivery services, a movement accelerated by the Covid-19 pandemic.

In practice, explains the economist, part of the workers who would previously have been absorbed by commerce are now required by activities linked to the merchandise distribution chain.

"Logistics is reconfiguring the standard of services in the structure", he says.

Within the services sector, the main highlight was the segment of administrative activities and complementary services, which ended September with a balance of 618 vacancies. The number represents more than half of all formal jobs created in the city during the month.

The second largest balance came from transport, storage and mail, with 196 vacancies open.

Next come education, with 124 positions, human health and social services, with 86, and professional, scientific and technical activities, with 76.

The performance recorded in September 2026 is much higher than that of the same month in 2025, when the city created only 176 jobs. However, in the same period of 2024 the balance in Campinas was higher, with 1,247 vacancies open.

Despite the changes observed in the composition of vacancies, the economist assesses that the general balance of the labor market remains positive, with reservations. The salary range for new hires is lower than that of those laid off. In other words, you generate employment, but with lower income.

"When we break down the number, this information about salary and type of employment contract is the worst", he explains.

However, Eliane highlights that the regional industry continues to employ, even in a scenario of high interest rates and economic uncertainty. Among the segments that help sustain economic activity in the region are the automotive, pharmaceutical and chemical sectors.

According to Rosandiski, this industrial dynamism also contributes to keeping the services sector strong, mainly in support activities and specialized services.

"You have a local and regional economy that is holding its own despite a scenario full of uncertainties," he said.

Despite the positive performance of services as a whole, some segments within the group ended September with negative results.

The biggest drop was observed in accommodation and food, with 70 places closed. Financial activities, insurance and related services (-40) and information and communication (-1) also had a negative balance.