Hawaii’s Unemployment Rate at 2.1% in March

Posted on Apr 24, 2018 in News
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 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS

 DAVID Y. IGE
GOVERNOR

LEONARD HOSHIJO
DIRECTOR

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 19, 2018

HAWAII’S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE AT  2.1 PERCENT IN MARCH

Jobs Increase 8,200 Over the Year

HONOLULU — The Hawaii State Department of Labor & Industrial Relations (DLIR) today announced that the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for March was 2.1 percent, the same for the sixth consecutive month. Statewide, 670,500 were employed and 14,050 unemployed in March for a total seasonally adjusted labor force of 684,550. Nationally, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 4.1 percent in March, also the same as in October 2017 through February.

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