DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
DAVID Y. IGE
GOVERNOR
LINDA CHU TAKAYAMA
DIRECTOR
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 15, 2016
HAWAII’S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE REMAINS AT 3.1 PERCENT IN MARCH
Non-Agricultural Jobs up 4,400 Over the Month
HONOLULU — the Hawaii State Department of Labor & Industrial Relations (DLIR) today announced that the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for March was 3.1 percent, the same as in February. Statewide, 668,800 were employed and 21,550 unemployed in March for a total seasonally adjusted labor force of 690,300. Nationally, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 5.0 percent in March, up from 4.9 percent in February. The 3.1% unemployment rate and labor force numbers track DLIR’s current employment growth projection of 2.9%.