Hawaii’s Unemployment Rate at 2.3% in October

Posted on Nov 15, 2018 in Events, News
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS

DAVID Y. IGE
GOVERNOR

LEONARD HOSHIJO
DIRECTOR

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

November 15, 2018

HAWAII’S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
AT 2.3 PERCENT IN OCTOBER

Jobs Increase 10,900 Over the Year

HONOLULU — The Hawaii State Department of Labor & Industrial Relations (DLIR) today announced that the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for October was 2.3 percent compared to 2.2 percent in September. Statewide, 670,400 were employed and 15,750 unemployed in October for a total seasonally adjusted labor force of 686,100. Nationally, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 3.7 percent in October, the same as in September.

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