Hawai‘i’s Unemployment Rate at 2.7% in September

Posted on Oct 29, 2019 in News

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS

DAVID Y. IGE
GOVERNOR

SCOTT T. MURAKAMI
DIRECTOR

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 17, 2019

HAWAI‘I’S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE REMAINS AT 2.7 PERCENT IN SEPTEMBER

Jobs Increase by 4,500 Over-the-Month

HONOLULU — The Hawai‘i State Department of Labor & Industrial Relations (DLIR) today announced that the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for September was 2.7 percent, the same rate as in August. Statewide, 642,650 were employed and 17,750 unemployed in September for a total seasonally adjusted labor force of 660,400. Nationally, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 3.5 percent in September, compared to 3.7 percent in June through August.

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