Department of Labor and Industrial Relations

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS

DAVID Y. IGE
GOVERNOR

LINDA CHU TAKAYAMA
DIRECTOR

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

January 25, 2016

HAWAII’S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE

 AT 3.2 PERCENT IN DECEMBER

Non-Agricultural Jobs up 15,700 over-the-year

 

HONOLULU — The Hawaii State Department of Labor & Industrial Relations (DLIR) today announced that the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for December was 3.2 percent, down from the revised rate of 3.3 percent in November. The last time the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was at 3.2 percent was in January 2008. Statewide, 660,600 were employed and 22,150 unemployed in December for a total seasonally adjusted labor force of 682,750. Nationally, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 5.0 percent in December, the same as in November.

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