Hawaii’s Unemployment Rate at 13.1% in July

Posted on Aug 20, 2020 in News

Hawaii State Seal

 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS

 DAVID Y. IGE
GOVERNOR

ANNE EUSTAQUIO
ACTING DIRECTOR

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 20, 2020

HAWAI‘I’S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE AT 13.1 PERCENT IN JULY

Jobs declined by 105,500 over-the-year

HONOLULU — The Hawai‘i State Department of Labor & Industrial Relations (DLIR) today announced that the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for July was 13.1 percent compared to the revised rate of 13.4 percent in June. Statewide, 551,750 were employed and 83,250 unemployed in July for a total seasonally adjusted labor force of 635,000. Nationally, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 10.2 percent in July, down from 11.1 percent in June.

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