Starting from 1.April 2007 the Brazilian minimum wage rises to 380,00 Reais (before 350.00 Reais).
The Brazilian minimum wage became at the 1. May 1940 for the first time in the life called and would have today according to Institut Dieese (Departamento Intersindical de Estatística e Estudos Socioeconômicos) with 1.613 to cover all its around necessary basis commodities of a worker and its family.
This amount is about 4.6 subject current minimum wage and points to what extent the minimum wage to Brazil from the reality is distant.