Aiming to improve the economic literature that discusses the wage differentials related to skin color and gender, this paper attempts to quantify these differences in productive and discriminatory attributes for two Brazilian regions with different degrees of development. It was proposed a new measure of human capital, beyond the inclusion of other observed workers characteristics. The period studied is characterized by economic and social transformations in the Brazilian economy unknown until nowadays in accordance with data from household surveys. Three proxies variables for the experience are also used as the basis of these data do not compute a specific question for this attribute so far. The results suggest that in Brazil, even at the regional level, in addition to afford fewer opportunities as a result of different economics formation, there is also a cost associated with skin color.