PIS/Pasep salary bonus of R$ 136 to R$ 1,621 begins payment for those born in July and August

Workers born in July and August begin receiving the PIS/Pasep salary bonus 2026 on Monday (June 15), referring to the 2024 base year. The benefit — established by Law No. 7,998/90 — pays from R$ 136 to R$ 1,621 depending on how many months the person worked in 2024, and is available for withdrawal until December 29, 2026. According to data from the Ministry of Labor and Employment provided to Diário do Nordeste, 1,009,118 workers in Ceará are entitled to the bonus this year; nationwide, the federal government allocated R$ 33.5 billion to reach 26.9 million workers. ✓

To be entitled to the benefit in 2026, workers must be registered in PIS/Pasep for at least five years, have received average monthly remuneration of up to R$ 2,766 in 2024, have performed paid activity for at least 30 days (consecutive or not) in that year, and have their data correctly reported by the employer in RAIS (Annual Social Information Report) or eSocial. Consultation is available through the Digital Work Card app or the Gov.br portal, where workers verify the benefit amount, the bank responsible for payment, and the deposit date. ✓

The bonus amount is proportional to the number of months worked in the base year: divide the current minimum wage by 12 and multiply by the months worked. With the 2026 minimum wage, those who worked 12 months in 2024 receive R$ 1,621; those who worked six months receive half of that, R$ 810.50; those who worked one month receive R$ 136. Caixa Econômica Federal pays by credit to checking account, savings or Digital Account, and also through the CAIXA Tem app in an automatically opened digital social savings account; those without an account can withdraw at branches, lottery outlets and self-service terminals. Banco do Brasil pays preferably by account credit, TED or PIX, and non-account holders without a PIX key can withdraw in person at branches. ✓

This is the first year that the effects of a change in income criteria are beginning to be felt. Previously, those who had average remuneration of up to two minimum wages in the reference base year were entitled to the benefit. With Constitutional Amendment 135, promulgated by the National Congress in December 2024, the ceiling stopped tracking the minimum wage and became adjusted only by inflation. The average monthly income limit was set at R$ 2,640 per month — corresponding to two minimum wages in 2023 — and will be adjusted annually by the INPC (National Consumer Price Index). For the 2026 payment, the ceiling considered was R$ 2,766, resulting from updating the limit by the accumulated INPC variation in 2024 of 4.77%. Legislation determines that the ceiling cannot be lower than the equivalent of one and a half minimum wages. With the minimum wage of R$ 1,412 in 2024, the ceiling for access to the salary bonus under the old rule would be R$ 2,824 — R$ 58 more than established after the change. In practice, this change will lead to a gradual reduction in the number of workers entitled to the salary bonus. ◦