This study aimed to analyze the socioeconomic profile of women informal workers in the city of Manaus, in the ages between 18 to 40 years, selling a variety of foods, in the vicinity of the University Center North. For this purpose, a study on women entering the labor market and the implications that the transformations of relations of the labor market resulted in the life of working women. Points informal work as both an alternative to the survival of workers outside the formal labor market, as an option to escape from too much regulation of the state s economy, job alternatives used by large formal businesses, with part-time work and contracts for services. Informality is expanding both the service of capital, as well, not anymore, one option to work even outside the formal ball, removing the worker s labor rights and social protection. The surroundings of the University Center North - Uninorte favors the practice of informal due to the large influx of students who pass through there daily and choose to consume the food sold by street vendors because of their low prices and fast service. The survey results showed that despite the poor conditions suffered by workers who live in this practice, the vendors said they were satisfied with the work.