Hawaii’s Unemployment Rate at 3.3% in June

Posted on Jul 22, 2016 in News

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS

 DAVID Y. IGE
GOVERNOR

LINDA CHU TAKAYAMA
DIRECTOR

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 8, 2016

HAWAII’S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE AT 3.3 PERCENT IN JUNE

Non-Agricultural Jobs up 14,700 over-the-year

 HONOLULU — The Hawaii State Department of Labor & Industrial Relations (DLIR) today announced that the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for June was 3.3 percent, up from 3.2 percent in May. Statewide, 662,500 were employed and 22,850 unemployed in June for a total seasonally adjusted labor force of 685,350. Nationally, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 4.9 percent in June, rising from 4.7 percent in May.

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