State of Hawaii Seal
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
DAVID Y. IGE
GOVERNOR
SCOTT T. MURAKAMI
DIRECTOR
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 13, 2020
HAWAI‘I’S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE AT
2.7 PERCENT IN JANUARY
Jobs Increase by 1,500 Over-the-Year
HONOLULU — The Hawai‘i State Department of Labor & Industrial Relations (DLIR) today announced that the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for January was 2.7 percent, the same as the revised rate for December. Statewide, 650,350 were employed and 17,750 unemployed in January for a total seasonally adjusted labor force of 668,100. Nationally, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 3.6 percent in January, compared to 3.5 percent in December.