Two cultivars of common bean were grown in soil samples of an Oxisol (LR) and an Alfisol (PVp), with and without fertilizer, subjected to three compaction levels , and confined in 3.8 liter pots. The data showed that with the increase on soil compaction, there was a general tendency, in the above ground part at the end stage, to increase the nutritional efficiency of K and to decrease of the N, P, Mg, Ca, Cu and Fe. The behavior of Zn, B and Mn was influenced more intensively by the soil type, the soil fertility and the cultivar.