Hawaii’s Unemployment Rate at 8.1% in May

Posted on Jun 22, 2021 in News

Hawaii State Seal

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS

DAVID Y. IGE
GOVERNOR

ANNE PERREIRA-EUSTAQUIO
DIRECTOR

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 22, 2021

HAWAI‘I’S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE AT 8.1 PERCENT IN MAY

Jobs Increased by 55,400 over-the-year

HONOLULU — The Hawai‘i State Department of Labor & Industrial Relations (DLIR) today announced that the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for May was 8.1 percent compared to 8.5 percent in April. Statewide, 595,300 were employed and 52,150 unemployed in May for a total seasonally adjusted labor force of 647,450. Nationally, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 5.8 percent in May, down from 6.1 percent in April.

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