DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
DAVID Y. IGE
GOVERNOR
LINDA CHU TAKAYAMA
DIRECTOR
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 19, 2016
HAWAII’S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE AT 3.5 PERCENT IN JULY
Non-Agricultural Jobs up 14,100 over-the-year
HONOLULU — The Hawaii State Department of Labor & Industrial Relations (DLIR) today announced that the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for July was 3.5 percent, up from the revised rate of 3.4 percent in June. Statewide, 660,650 were employed and 23,650 unemployed in July for a total seasonally adjusted labor force of 684,300. Nationally, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 4.9 percent in July, the same as in June.
