DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
D AV I D Y . I G E
G O V E R N O R
L I N D A C H U T A K A Y A M A
D I R E C T O R
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 24, 2016
HAWAII’S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE DROPS TO
3.1 PERCENT IN FEBRUARY
Non-Agricultural Jobs up 15,600 over-the-year
HONOLULU — The Hawaii State Department of Labor & Industrial Relations (DLIR) today announced that the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for February was 3.1 percent, down from 3.2 percent in January. The last time the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was at 3.1 percent was in November 2007. Statewide, 666,400 were employed and 21,150 unemployed in February for a total seasonally adjusted labor force of 687,550. Nationally, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 4.9 percent in February, unchanged from January.
