Hawaii’s Unemployment Rate at 2.8% in May

Posted on Jul 18, 2019 in News
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS

 DAVID Y. IGE
GOVERNOR

SCOTT T. MURAKAMI
DIRECTOR

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 20, 2019

 

HAWAII’S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE AT

 2.8 PERCENT IN MAY

Jobs Increase by 2,200 Over-the-Year

HONOLULU — The Hawaii State Department of Labor & Industrial Relations (DLIR) today announced that the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for May was 2.8 percent, the same as in March and April. Statewide, 648,850 were employed and 18,900 unemployed in May for a total seasonally adjusted labor force of 667,800. Nationally, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 3.6 percent in May, the same as in April.

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