recently, the manufacturing of electronics and computers has begun to play a stronger role in the economy. as a result of the economic crisis that hit europe and the united states, paired with the economic boom of brazil, emigration of brazilians decreased significantly, while many european and american professionals relocated to rio de janeiro. a much larger middle-class, has driven the demand for young professionals with higher education, making rio a new land of opportunity.

published by rio's prefecture, the paper 'características e evolução recente do emprego e da economia carioca e metropolitana' (characteristics and recent evolution of employment and metropolitan carioca economy carioca) offers some precious insight and statistics on the subject.