Strong state and local discrepancy is seen in the professional practice in public administration, defense and social security. 5,37% of the Brazilian PEA is involved in this activity, while in the state of Tocantins is more than double the workforce active and in some municipalities tocantinenses, that comes to quadruple, as is the case of Rio da Conceição and Lagoa do Tocantins, with 26,53% and 22,11%, respectively, of the PEA directly employed by the government. Santa Tereza do Tocantins and São Félix do Tocantins have twice the national rate of 5,37%, with their respective 12,87% and 11.05%.
Education and domestic services are also relevant in the region. Education employs more than 10% of the PEA (double the national values and nearly double the state) in Lagoa do Tocantins, Mateiros, Ponte Alta do Tocantins and São Félix do Tocantins (TO).
In turn, domestic service is significant in Almas, Lagoa do Tocantins and São Félix do Tocantins, also involving more than 10% of the labor force in those municipalities. Other activities such as fishing, mining and quarrying, processing, production and distribution of electricity, gas and water, construction, transportation, storage and communication, housing, food, financial intermediation and real estate, renting and business services, health and social and collective, social and personal services, employment in international organizations and other extraterritorial institutions or poorly specified activities are not relevant in the municipalities. Only one caveat about the tourist potential of the region, that may be leveraged regionally through the integrated management of regional conservation units, since the traditional branches have failed to impose a more positive dynamic for the population economically active site.
